THEOSISNehemiah 4:11Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And our enemies said: Let them not know, nor understand, till we come in the midst of them, and kill them, and cause the work to cease.
הַבּוֹנִ֧ים בַּחוֹמָ֛ה וְהַנֹּשְׂאִ֥ים בַּסֶּ֖בֶל עֹמְשִׂ֑ים בְּאַחַ֤ת יָדוֹ֙ עֹשֶׂ֣ה בַמְּלָאכָ֔ה וְאַחַ֖ת מַחֲזֶ֥קֶת הַשָּֽׁלַח׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Isa 47:11Evil shall come upon thee, and thou shalt not know the rising thereof: and calamity shall fall violently upon thee, which thou canst not keep off: misery shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.
- Ps 56 (55):6
- Acts 23:21But do not thou give credit to them: for there lie in wait for him more than forty men of them, who have bound themselves by oath neither to eat nor to drink, till they have killed him. And they are now ready, looking for a promise from thee.
- 1 Thess 5:2For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord shall so come as a thief in the night.
- 2 Sam 17:2And coming upon him (for he is now weary, and weak handed) I will defeat him: and when all the people is put to flight that is with him, I will kill the king who will be left alone.
- Judg 20:29And the children of Israel set ambushes round about the city of Gabaa:
- Judg 20:48But the children of Israel returning, put all the remains of the city to the sword, both men and beasts, and all the cities and villages of Benjamin were consumed with devouring flames.
- Acts 23:12And when day was come, some of the Jews gathered together and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they killed Paul.