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Nehemiah 6

Neh. 6:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For they all made us afraid
yare' (Hebrew #3372)
to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
KJV usage: affright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), X see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).
Pronounce: yaw-ray'
Origin: a primitive root
, saying
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, Their hands
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
shall be weakened
raphah (Hebrew #7503)
to slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: abate, cease, consume, draw (toward evening), fail, (be) faint, be (wax) feeble, forsake, idle, leave, let alone (go, down), (be) slack, stay, be still, be slothful, (be) weak(-en). See 7495.
Pronounce: raw-faw'
Origin: a primitive root
from the work
mla'kah (Hebrew #4399)
properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)
KJV usage: business, + cattle, + industrious, occupation, (+ -pied), + officer, thing (made), use, (manner of) work((-man), -manship).
Pronounce: mel-aw-kaw'
Origin: from the same as 4397
, that it be not done
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
. Now therefore, O Godd, strengthen
chazaq (Hebrew #2388)
to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer
KJV usage: aid, amend, X calker, catch, cleave, confirm, be constant, constrain, continue, be of good (take) courage(-ous, -ly), encourage (self), be established, fasten, force, fortify, make hard, harden, help, (lay) hold (fast), lean, maintain, play the man, mend, become (wax) mighty, prevail, be recovered, repair, retain, seize, be (wax) sore, strengthen (self), be stout, be (make, shew, wax) strong(-er), be sure, take (hold), be urgent, behave self valiantly, withstand.
Pronounce: khaw-zak'
Origin: a primitive root
my hands
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
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1 Sam. 30:6• 6And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in Jehovah his God. (1 Sam. 30:6)
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Psa. 71:1• 1In thee, Jehovah, do I trust;{HR}Let me never be ashamed. (Psa. 71:1)

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For they.
Neh. 6:14• 14{i}My God, remember Tobijah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets who would have put me in fear.{/i} (Neh. 6:14)
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Neh. 4:10‑14• 10{i}And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens faileth, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build at the wall.{/i}
 11{i}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.{/i}
 12{i}And it came to pass that when the Jews that dwelt by them came and told us so ten times, from all the places whence they returned to us,{/i}
 13{i}I set in the lower places behind the wall in exposed places, I even set the people, according to their families, with their swords, their spears and their bows.{/i}
 14{i}And I looked, and rose up, and said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not afraid of them: remember the Lord who is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your houses.{/i} (Neh. 4:10‑14)
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2 Chron. 32:18• 18{i}And they cried with a loud voice in the Jewish language to the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to frighten them and to trouble them; that they might take the city.{/i} (2 Chron. 32:18)
Their hands.
2 Chron. 15:7• 7Be ye strong, therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded. (2 Chron. 15:7)
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Ezra 4:1‑24• 1{i}And the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building the temple to Jehovah the God of Israel;{/i}
 2{i}and they{/i} came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esar-haddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither.
 3{i}But{/i} Zerubbabel and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto Jehovah God of Israel, as king Cyrus, the king of Persia, hath commanded us.
 4{i}And the people of the land{/i} weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building;
 5and hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even unto the reign of Darius king of Persia.
 6And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.
 7And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath {i}Tabeel, and the rest of his companions, wrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in Aramaic, and interpreted in Aramaic.{/i}
 8{i}Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king after this sort:{/i}
 9{i}Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions, the Dinaites, and the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Shushanchites, the Dehaites, the Elamites,{/i}
 10{i}and the rest of the peoples whom the great and noble Osnappar brought over and settled in the cities of Samaria, and the rest of the country on this side the river, and so forth.{/i}
 11{i}This is the copy of the letter that they sent to him: To Artaxerxes the king: Thy servants the men on this side the river, and so forth.{/i}
 12{i}Be it known to the king that the Jews who came up from thee unto us have come to Jerusalem; they are building the rebellious and the bad city, and they complete the walls and join up the foundations.{/i}
 13{i}Be it known therefore unto the king, that, if this city be built and the walls be completed, they will not pay tribute, tax, and toll, and in the end it will bring damage to the kings.{/i}
 14{i}Now, since we eat the salt of the palace, and it is not right for us to see the king's injury, therefore have we sent and informed the king;{/i}
 15{i}that search may be made in the book of the annals of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the annals and know that this city is a rebellious city, which has done damage to kings and provinces, and that they have raised sedition within the same of old time, for which cause this city was destroyed.{/i}
 16{i}We inform the king that if this city be built and its walls be completed, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this side the river.{/i}
 17{i}The king sent an answer to Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and the other places beyond the river: Peace, and so forth.{/i}
 18{i}The letter that ye sent to us has been read before me distinctly.{/i}
 19{i}And I gave orders, and search has been made, and it has been found that this city of old time has made insurrection against the kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been raised therein.{/i}
 20{i}And there have been mighty kings over Jerusalem, who have ruled over all beyond the river; and tribute, tax, and toll were paid to them.{/i}
 21{i}Now give order to make these men to cease, and that this city be not built, until the order shall be given from me;{/i}
 22{i}and take heed that ye fail not to do this: why should harm grow to the damage of the kings?{/i}
 23{i}As soon as the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem to the Jews, and made them cease by force and power.{/i}
 24{i}Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem; and it ceased until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.{/i} (Ezra 4:1‑24)
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Isa. 35:3‑4• 3Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the tottering knees.
 4Say to them [that are] of a fearful (hasty) heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God! vengeance will come, of God the recompense! He will come himself and save you. (Isa. 35:3‑4)
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Jer. 38:4• 4Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt. (Jer. 38:4)
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Heb. 12:12• 12Wherefore lift up the exhausted hands and the enfeebled knees, (Heb. 12:12)
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1 Sam. 30:6• 6And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in Jehovah his God. (1 Sam. 30:6)
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Psa. 56:3• 3The day I am afraid I will trust in thee. (Psa. 56:3)
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Psa. 71:1• 1In thee, Jehovah, do I trust;{HR}Let me never be ashamed. (Psa. 71:1)
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Psa. 68:35• 35Terrible [art thou], O God, out of thy sanctuaries;{HR}The God of Israel!{HR}He giveth strength and might to the people.{HR}Blessed be God. (Psa. 68:35)
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Psa. 138:3• 3In the day I called and thou didst answer me,{HR}Thou didst encourage me with strength in my soul. (Psa. 138:3)
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Isa. 41:10• 10Fear not, for I [am] with thee; be not dismayed, for I [am] thy God. I will strengthen thee, yea, I will help thee, yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. (Isa. 41:10)
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Zech. 10:12• 12And I will strengthen them in Jehovah; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith Jehovah. (Zech. 10:12)
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2 Cor. 12:9• 9and he hath said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee; for [my] power is perfected in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather boast in my weaknesses that the power of Christ may rest on me. (2 Cor. 12:9)
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Eph. 3:16• 16that he would give you according to the riches of his glory to be strengthened with power by his Spirit into the inner man, (Eph. 3:16)
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Eph. 6:10• 10For the rest, my brethren, be strengthened in [the] Lord and in the strength of his might. (Eph. 6:10)
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Phil. 4:13• 13In all things I am strong in him that empowereth me. (Phil. 4:13)
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1 Peter 5:10• 10But the God of all grace that called you unto his everlasting glory in Christ Jesus, after having suffered a little while, shall himself perfect, stablish, strengthen, ground: (1 Peter 5:10)
• “Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done." This was Satan's object, to wear out the people by these continued harassing assaults, raining down fiery darts upon them incessantly—darts which only the shield of faith could intercept and quench. (“Exposition on Nehemiah: Nehemiah 6” by E. Dennett)
• What could the enemy do with such a man—a man who leaned upon the Almighty God as his defense and shelter? (“Exposition on Nehemiah: Nehemiah 6” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For they all would have made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be slackened from the work, that it be not carried out.—Now therefore strengthen my hands!

W. Kelly Translation

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For they all made us afraid saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. —Now therefore strengthen my hands!

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)