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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,{HR}And let them not come into thy righteousness; (Psa. 69:27)
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Jer. 18:23• 23Yet thou, Jehovah, 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 many evil things against me: the Lord will render to him according to his works; (2 Tim. 4:14)

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cover not.
Psa. 59:5‑13• 5And thou, Jehovah, God of hosts, God of Israel,{HR}Arise to visit all the nations;{HR}Be not gracious to any plotters of iniquity. Selah.
 6Let them return at the evening,{HR}Let them howl like the dog,{HR}And go around the city.
 7Behold, they belch out with their mouth:{HR}Swords [are] in their lips; for who heareth?
 8But thou, Jehovah, wilt laugh at them;{HR}Thou wilt mock at all the nations.
 9Their strength! I will watch for thee,{HR}For God is my high place.
 10The God of my mercy will come to meet me;{HR}God will make me gaze on mine enemies.
 11Slay them not, lest my people forget;{HR}Scatter them in thy power and bring them down,{HR}O Lord our shield.
 12The sin of their mouth [is] the word of their lips;{HR}And they shall be taken in their pride,{HR}And for cursing and falsehood they will tell.
 13Consume in wrath, consume [them],{HR}And let them be no more;{HR}And let them know that God ruleth in Jacob{HR}To the ends of the earth. Selah. (Psa. 59:5‑13)
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Psa. 69:27• 27Add iniquity unto their iniquity,{HR}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 (to) Jehovah,{HR}And his mother's sin not be blotted out. (Psa. 109:14)
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Jer. 18:23• 23Yet thou, Jehovah, 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 many evil things against me: the Lord will render to him according to his works; (2 Tim. 4:14)
their sin.
Psa. 51:1,9• 1To the chief musician, a psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him after he went unto Bathsheba.{HR}Be gracious unto me, O God, according to thy mercy:{HR}According to the multitude of thy compassions blot out my transgressions.
 9Hide thy face from my sins,{HR}And blot out all mine iniquities. (Psa. 51:1,9)
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Isa. 43:25• 25I, I [am] he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake; and I 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• 11And Eliakim and Shebna and Joah said to Rab-shakeh, Speak, we pray thee, to thy servants in Syrian, for we understand [it]; and speak not to us in the Jewish [language] in the ears of the people that [are] on the wall.
 12And Rab-shakeh said, [Is it] to thy master and to thee that my master sent me to speak these words? [Is it] not to the men that sit on the wall, to eat their own dung and drink their own urine 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.

W. Kelly 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 thee to anger before the builders.