Nehemiah 4:9 Cross References - Rotherham

⁹ howbeit we prayed unto our God,––and set a watch against them, day and night, because of them.

⁹ And Jacob said, God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac,––Yahweh, who wast saying unto me,––Return to thy land and to thy kindred, that I may deal well with thee; –– ¹⁰ I am too small for all the lovingkindnesses, and for all the faithfulness, which thou hast done unto thy servant,––For, with my staff, passed I over this Jordan, But, now, have I become two camps. ¹¹ Deliver me, I pray thee, out of the hand of my brother, out of the hand of Esau,––for, I, am afraid, of him, lest he come in and smite––mother, as well as sons! ¹² But, thou thyself, saidst,––I will, deal well, with thee,––So will I make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which is not to be counted, for multitude.

²⁸ Then he said––Not Jacob, shall thy name be called any more, but, Israel,––For thou hast contended with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

¹⁴ And, when Hezekiah had received the letter at the hand of the messengers, and had read it, then went he up to the house of Yahweh, and Hezekiah spread it out before Yahweh. ¹⁵ And Hezekiah prayed before Yahweh, and said, O Yahweh, God of Israel, inhabiting the cherubim, thou thyself, art GOD, alone, for all the kingdoms of the earth,––thou, didst make the heavens and the earth. ¹⁶ Bow down, O Yahweh, thine ear, and hear, Open, O Yahweh, thine eyes, and see,––yea hear thou the words of Sennacherib, who hath sent––To reproach a Living God! ¹⁷ Of a truth, O Yahweh,––the kings of Assyria have devoted to destruction the nations and their lands; ¹⁸ and have put their gods in the fire,––for, no–gods, were, they, but the work of the hands of men––wood and stone, and so they destroyed them. ¹⁹ Now, therefore, O Yahweh our God, save us we pray thee, out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know, that, thou, Yahweh, art God, alone!

¹¹ and our adversaries have said, They shall not know, neither shall they see, until we come into their midst, and slay them,––so shall we cause the work to cease.

¹⁵ Call upon me, then, in the day of distress, I will deliver thee, that thou mayest glorify me.

¹⁶ I, unto God, will cry,––And, Yahweh, will save me. ¹⁷ At evening and morning and high noon, have I been wont to lament and complain, And he hath heard my voice! ¹⁸ He hath completely redeemed my soul, out of the attack upon me, For, in multitudes, were they [in conflict] with me. ¹⁹ GOD will hear, Yea He will humble them who aforetime sat [enthroned]. [Selah.] With whom are no changings, Neither have they revered God. ²⁰ He hath thrust forth his hands, against them he was wont to salute, he hath violated his covenant; ²¹ Smoother than curds, were [the words of] his mouth, But, war, was [in] his heart,––Softer his words than oil, Yet, they, were drawn swords! ²² Cast upon Yahweh thy lot, and, he, will sustain thee: He will not suffer, to times age–abiding, the righteous one to be shaken.

⁴¹ Be watching and praying, that ye may not enter into temptation: The spirit, indeed, is, eager, but, the flesh, weak.

¹¹ But, they, were filled with folly, and began conversing one with another, as to, what they might do with Jesus.
¹² And it came to pass, in these days, that he went forth into the mountain to pray, and was spending the night in the prayer–house of God.

³⁶ But be watching in every season, making supplication, that ye may gain full vigour, to escape all these things that are about to be coming to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.

²⁴ And, they, having heard, with one accord, uplifted voice unto God, and said––O Sovereign! Thou, art he that made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all things that are herein: ²⁵ Who, by our father, through means of the Holy Spirit, even by the mouth of David thy servant, said––Unto what end did nations rage, and, peoples, busy themselves with empty things? ²⁶ The kings of the earth stationed themselves, and, the rulers, were gathered together, with one intent, against the Lord, and against his Christ. ²⁷ For they were gathered together, of a truth, in this city, against thy holy servant Jesus, whom thou hadst anointed,––both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with them of the nations, and peoples of Israel; –– ²⁸ To do whatsoever, thy hand and thy counsel, marked out beforehand to come to pass. ²⁹ As to the present things, then, O Lord,––look upon their threats, and grant unto thy servants, with all freedom of utterance, to be speaking thy word, ³⁰ By stretching forth thy hand for healing, and by the coming to pass of both signs and wonders, through the name of thy holy servant Jesus.

⁸ Be sober! be watchful! Your slanderous adversary, as a roaring lion, is walking about––seeking to devour: