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Nehemiah 4:11
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KJ21
And our adversaries said, “They shall not know, neither see, until we come in the midst among them and slay them and cause the work to cease.”
ASV
And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
AMP
Our enemies said, “They will not know or see us until we are among them, kill them and put a stop to the work.”
AMPC
And our enemies said, They will not know or see till we come into their midst and kill them and stop the work.
BRG
And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
CSB
And our enemies said, “They won’t realize it until we’re among them and can kill them and stop the work.”
CSBA
And our enemies said, ‘They won’t realise it until we’re among them and can kill them and stop the work.’
CEB
Meanwhile, our enemies were saying: “Before they know or see anything, we can be in their midst and start to kill them. We’ll stop the work!”
CJB
as they continued building the wall. Those who carried loads held their loads with one hand and carried a weapon in the other.
CEV
Our enemies were saying, “Before those Jews know what has happened, we will sneak up and kill them and put an end to their work.”
DARBY
And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them and kill them, and put an end to the work.
DRA
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.
ERV
And our enemies are saying, ‘Before the Jews know it or see us, we will be right there among them. We will kill them and that will stop the work.’”
EASY
At the same time, our enemies were boasting, ‘Before the Jews even see us, we will attack them. We will kill them before they know what is happening. That will be the end of their work on the wall!’
EHV
Then our adversaries said, “They will not know about it or realize what we are doing, until we come among them and kill them and bring the work to a halt.”
ESV
And our enemies said, “They will not know or see till we come among them and kill them and stop the work.”
ESVUK
And our enemies said, “They will not know or see till we come among them and kill them and stop the work.”
EXB
And our enemies said, “·The Jews [L They] won’t know or see anything until we come among them and kill them and stop the work.”
GNV
Also our adversaries had said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
GW
Our enemies said, “Before they know what is happening or see a thing, we will be right in the middle of them. We’ll kill them and bring the work to an end.”
GNT
Our enemies thought we would not see them or know what was happening until they were already upon us, killing us and putting an end to our work.
HCSB
And our enemies said, “They won’t know or see anything until we’re among them and can kill them and stop the work.”
ICB
And our enemies said, “The Jews won’t know it or see us. But we will come among them and kill them. We will stop the work.”
ISV
Our enemies said, “Before they notice or see us, we’ll penetrate their midst, kill them, and stop the work!”
JUB
And our adversaries said, They shall not know or see until we come in the midst among them and slay them and cause the work to cease.
KJV
And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
AKJV
And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
LSB
Our adversaries said, “They will not know or see until we come among them, kill them, and put a stop to the work.”
LEB
Then our enemies said, “They will not know nor see until we come upon them and will kill them and stop the work.”
TLB
Meanwhile, our enemies were planning to swoop down upon us and kill us, thus ending our work.
MSG
And all this time our enemies were saying, “They won’t know what hit them. Before they know it we’ll be at their throats, killing them right and left. That will put a stop to the work!” The Jews who were their neighbors kept reporting, “They have us surrounded; they’re going to attack!” If we heard it once, we heard it ten times.
MEV
Our adversaries said, “They will neither know nor see until we have entered in among them and slain them. Indeed, we will stop the work!”
NOG
Our enemies said, “Before they know what is happening or see a thing, we will be right in the middle of them. We’ll kill them and bring the work to an end.”
NABRE
as they rebuilt the wall. The load carriers, too, were armed; each worked with one hand and held a weapon with the other.
NASB
And our enemies said, “They will not know or see until we come among them, kill them, and put a stop to the work.”
NASB1995
Our enemies said, “They will not know or see until we come among them, kill them and put a stop to the work.”
NCB
Those who carried the building materials did their work with one hand while holding a spear with the other.
NCV
And our enemies said, “The Jews won’t know or see anything until we come among them and kill them and stop the work.”
NET
Our adversaries also boasted, “Before they are aware or anticipate anything, we will come in among them and kill them, and we will bring this work to a halt!”
NIRV
And our enemies said, “We will be right there among them. We’ll kill them. We’ll put an end to their work. We’ll do it before they even know it or see us.”
NIV
Also our enemies said, “Before they know it or see us, we will be right there among them and will kill them and put an end to the work.”
NIVUK
Also our enemies said, ‘Before they know it or see us, we will be right there among them and will kill them and put an end to the work.’
NKJV
And our adversaries said, “They will neither know nor see anything, till we come into their midst and kill them and cause the work to cease.”
NLV
Those who hated us said, “They will not know it or see us until we are among them, kill them, and stop the work.”
NLT
Meanwhile, our enemies were saying, “Before they know what’s happening, we will swoop down on them and kill them and end their work.”
NRSVA
And our enemies said, ‘They will not know or see anything before we come upon them and kill them and stop the work.’
NRSVACE
And our enemies said, ‘They will not know or see anything before we come upon them and kill them and stop the work.’
NRSVCE
And our enemies said, “They will not know or see anything before we come upon them and kill them and stop the work.”
NRSVUE
And our enemies said, “They will not know or see anything before we come upon them and kill them and stop the work.”
OJB
And our adversaries said, They shall have no da’as, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the melachah (work) to cease.
RGT
Also, our adversaries had said, “They shall neither know nor see until we come into the midst of them, and kill them, and cause the work to cease.”
RSV
And our enemies said, “They will not know or see till we come into the midst of them and kill them and stop the work.”
RSVCE
And our enemies said, “They will not know or see till we come into the midst of them and kill them and stop the work.”
TLV
Those building the wall and those bearing heavy burdens kept one hand on the work and the other holding a weapon.
VOICE
And our enemies spread the word. Enemies: We will sneak in among them. Before they know what is happening, they will be dead. The work will end for sure.
WEB
Our adversaries said, “They will not know or see, until we come in among them and kill them, and cause the work to cease.”
WYC
And our enemies said, Know they not, and know they not, till we come into the middle of them, and slay them, and make the work to cease. (And our enemies said, Let them know nothing, until we suddenly come into their midst, and kill them all, and stop the work.)
YLT
And our adversaries say, `They do not know, nor see, till that we come in to their midst, and have slain them, and caused the work to cease.'
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