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Nehemiah 4:1

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But when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry, and was very indignant, and mocked the Jews.

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Nehemiah 4:1 in other translations

But it came to pass that, when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.

Nehemiah 4:1 · American Standard Version

Nehemiah 4:1 in context

  1. 1But when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry, and was very indignant, and mocked the Jews.
  2. 2He spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria, and said, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they fortify themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, since they are burned?”
  3. 3Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, “What they are building, if a fox climbed up it, he would break down their stone wall.”