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Nehemiah 6:16

World English Bible

When all our enemies heard of it, all the nations that were around us were afraid, and they lost their confidence; for they perceived that this work was done by our God.

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Nehemiah 6:16 in other translations

And it came to pass, when all our enemies heard thereof, that all the nations that were about us feared, and were much cast down in their own eyes; for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God.

Nehemiah 6:16 · American Standard Version

Nehemiah 6:16 in context

  1. 14“Remember, my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.”
  2. 15So the wall was finished in the twenty-fifth day of Elul, in fifty-two days.
  3. 16When all our enemies heard of it, all the nations that were around us were afraid, and they lost their confidence; for they perceived that this work was done by our God.
  4. 17Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters came to them.
  5. 18For there were many in Judah sworn to him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah the son of Arah; and his son Jehohanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah as wife.