Nehemiah 4:6 — compare English translations
Compare translationsNehemiah 4:6 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 →
וַנִּבְנֶה֙
bânâh
H1129
to build
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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הַ֣חוֹמָ֔ה
chôwmâh
H2346
wall
וַתִּקָּשֵׁ֥ר
qâshar
H7194
to bind
כָּל
kôl
H3605
all
הַחוֹמָ֖ה
chôwmâh
H2346
wall
עַד
ʻad
H5704
until
חֶצְיָ֑הּ
chêtsîy
H2677
half
וַיְהִ֧י
hâyâh
H1961
to be
לֵ֦ב
lêb
H3820
heart
לָעָ֖ם
ʻam
H5971
people
לַעֲשֽׂוֹת
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
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
So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to half [the height] of it: for the people had a mind to work.
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King James Version Public Domain
So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
So we built the wall, and all the wall was joined together up to half of it. And the heart of the people was for working.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).