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Nehemiah 4

Neh. 4:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Andm cover
kacah (Hebrew #3680)
properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
KJV usage: clad self, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm. Compare 3780.
Pronounce: kaw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
not their iniquity
`avon (Hebrew #5771)
from 5753; perversity, i.e. (moral) evil
KJV usage: fault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin.
Pronounce: aw-vone'
Origin: or oavown (2 Kings 7:9; Psalm 51:5 (7)) {aw-vone'}
, and let not their sin
chatta'ah (Hebrew #2403)
from 2398; an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
KJV usage: punishment (of sin), purifying(-fication for sin), sin(-ner, offering).
Pronounce: khat-taw-aw'
Origin: or chattacth {khat-tawth'}
be blotted out
machah (Hebrew #4229)
properly, to stroke or rub; by implication, to erase; also to smooth (as if with oil), i.e. grease or make fat; also to touch, i.e. reach to
KJV usage: abolish, blot out, destroy, full of marrow, put out, reach unto, X utterly, wipe (away, out).
Pronounce: maw-khaw'
Origin: a primitive root
from before
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
thee: for they have provoked thee to anger
ka`ac (Hebrew #3707)
to trouble; by implication, to grieve, rage, be indignant
KJV usage: be angry, be grieved, take indignation, provoke (to anger, unto wrath), have sorrow, vex, be wroth.
Pronounce: kaw-as'
Origin: a primitive root
before the builders
banah (Hebrew #1129)
to build (literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), X surely.
Pronounce: baw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
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Psa. 69:27• 27Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness. (Psa. 69:27)
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Jer. 18:23• 23Yet, Lord, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger. (Jer. 18:23)
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2 Tim. 4:14• 14Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works: (2 Tim. 4:14)

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cover not.
Psa. 59:5‑13• 5Thou therefore, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.
 6They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
 7Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?
 8But thou, O Lord, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.
 9Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.
 10The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.
 11Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
 12For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.
 13Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah. (Psa. 59:5‑13)
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Psa. 69:27• 27Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness. (Psa. 69:27)
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Psa. 109:14• 14Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the Lord; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. (Psa. 109:14)
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Jer. 18:23• 23Yet, Lord, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger. (Jer. 18:23)
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2 Tim. 4:14• 14Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works: (2 Tim. 4:14)
their sin.
Psa. 51:1,9• 1<<To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.>> Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
 9Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. (Psa. 51:1,9)
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Isa. 43:25• 25I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. (Isa. 43:25)
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Isa. 44:22• 22I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee. (Isa. 44:22)
before the builders.
Isa. 36:11‑12• 11Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.
 12But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you? (Isa. 36:11‑12)
• Two things should be remembered: first, the dispensation under which the people were; and second, that the enemies of Israel were the enemies of God....The cause of these despised children of the captivity was the cause of God. (“Exposition on Nehemiah: Nehemiah 4:1-15” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee; for they have provoked the builders.