Nehemiah 4:6
New International Version
So we rebuilt the wall till all of it reached half its height, for the people worked with all their heart.

New Living Translation
At last the wall was completed to half its height around the entire city, for the people had worked with enthusiasm.

English Standard Version
So we built the wall. And all the wall was joined together to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.

Berean Standard Bible
So we rebuilt the wall until all of it was joined together up to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.

King James Bible
So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.

New King James Version
So we built the wall, and the entire wall was joined together up to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.

New American Standard Bible
So we built the wall, and the entire wall was joined together to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.

NASB 1995
So we built the wall and the whole wall was joined together to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.

NASB 1977
So we built the wall and the whole wall was joined together to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.

Legacy Standard Bible
So we built the wall and the whole wall was joined together to half its height, and the people had a heart to work.

Amplified Bible
So we built the wall and the entire wall was joined together to half its height, for the people had a heart to work.

Christian Standard Bible
So we rebuilt the wall until the entire wall was joined together up to half its height, for the people had the will to keep working.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So we rebuilt the wall until the entire wall was joined together up to half its height, for the people had the will to keep working.

American Standard Version
So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto half the height thereof: for the people had a mind to work.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And we shall build the wall!” And they built it and the wall was finished unto its midpoint; then the mouth of all the people was opened to work.

Contemporary English Version
The people worked hard, and we built the walls of Jerusalem halfway up again.

Douay-Rheims Bible
So we built the wall, and joined it all together unto the half thereof: and the heart of the people was excited to work.

English Revised Version
So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto half the height thereof: for the people had a mind to work.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So we rebuilt the wall, which was rebuilt to about half its [original] height. The people worked with determination.

Good News Translation
So we went on rebuilding the wall, and soon it was half its full height, because the people were eager to work.

International Standard Version
So we rebuilt the wall, completing it halfway up, because the people were committed to working.

JPS Tanakh 1917
So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto half the height thereof; for the people had a mind to work.

Literal Standard Version
And we build the wall, and all the wall is joined—to its half, and the people have a heart to work.

Majority Standard Bible
So we rebuilt the wall until all of it was joined together up to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.

New American Bible
We, however, continued to build the wall, and soon it was completed up to half its height. The people worked enthusiastically.

NET Bible
So we rebuilt the wall, and the entire wall was joined together up to half its height. The people were enthusiastic in their work.

New Revised Standard Version
So we rebuilt the wall, and all the wall was joined together to half its height; for the people had a mind to work.

New Heart English Bible
So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to half its height: for the people had a mind to work.

Webster's Bible Translation
So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to the half of it, for the people had a mind to work.

World English Bible
So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.

Young's Literal Translation
And we build the wall, and all the wall is joined -- unto its half, and the people have a heart to work.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Work is Ridiculed
5Do not cover up their iniquity or let their sin be blotted out from Your sight, for they have provoked the builders. 6So we rebuilt the wall until all of it was joined together up to half its height, for the people had a mind to work. 7When Sanballat and Tobiah, together with the Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites, heard that the repair to the walls of Jerusalem was progressing and that the gaps were being closed, they were furious,…

Cross References
Nehemiah 4:5
Do not cover up their iniquity or let their sin be blotted out from Your sight, for they have provoked the builders.

Nehemiah 4:7
When Sanballat and Tobiah, together with the Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites, heard that the repair to the walls of Jerusalem was progressing and that the gaps were being closed, they were furious,

Psalm 122:3
Jerusalem is built up as a city united together,

Haggai 1:14
So the LORD stirred the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, as well as the spirit of all the remnant of the people. And they came and began the work on the house of the LORD of Hosts, their God,


Treasury of Scripture

So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together to the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.

had a mind

Nehemiah 6:15
So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.

1 Chronicles 29:3,14,17,18
Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house, …

2 Chronicles 29:36
And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly.

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(6) Unto the half.--Up to half the height the wall was now continuous.

Verse 6. - So built we the wall. Rather, "and we (still) built the wall" Insults and gibes had no effect on us - did not touch us. Despite of them we steadily kept on our building, and the result was that soon all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof - the whole continuous line of wall was completed to half the contemplated height. For the people had a mind to work. Literally, "there was a heart to the people to work." They wrought, as we should say, "with a will"- they had their heart in the work. Insult and gibe rather stimulated than daunted them.

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Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
So we rebuilt
וַנִּבְנֶה֙ (wan·niḇ·neh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common plural
Strong's 1129: To build

the wall
הַ֣חוֹמָ֔ה (ha·ḥō·w·māh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2346: A wall of protection

until all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

[of it]
הַחוֹמָ֖ה (ha·ḥō·w·māh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2346: A wall of protection

was joined together
וַתִּקָּשֵׁ֥ר (wat·tiq·qā·šêr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 7194: To tie, gird, confine, compact, in love, league

up to
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

half its [height],
חֶצְיָ֑הּ (ḥeṣ·yāh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 2677: The half, middle

for the people
לָעָ֖ם (lā·‘ām)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

had
וַיְהִ֧י (way·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

a mind
לֵ֦ב (lêḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

to work.
לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃ (la·‘ă·śō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 6213: To do, make


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