Nehemiah 4:17 — compare English translations
Compare translationsNehemiah 4:17 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
הַבּוֹנִ֧ים
bânâh
H1129
to build
בַּחוֹמָ֛ה
chôwmâh
H2346
wall
וְהַנֹּשְׂאִ֥ים
nâsâʼ
H5375
to lift
בַּסֶּ֖בֶל
çêbel
H5447
load
עֹמְשִׂ֑ים
ʻâmaç
H6006
to load
בְּאַחַ֤ת
ʼechâd
H259
one
יָדוֹ֙
yâd
H3027
hand
עֹשֶׂ֣ה
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
בַמְּלָאכָ֔ה
mᵉlâʼkâh
H4399
work
וְאַחַ֖ת
ʼechâd
H259
one
מַחֲזֶ֥קֶת
châzaq
H2388
to strengthen
הַשָּֽׁלַח
shelach
H7973
weapon
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
They all built the wall and those who bore burdens loaded themselves; everyone with one of his hands worked in the work, and with the other held his weapon;
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King James Version Public Domain
They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Those who were building the wall, and those who were carrying burdens, the loaders, they were doing the work with one of his hands and one grasping weaponry.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).