King James Version
Nehemiah 4:3 in the King James Version says “Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down th...” — study this verse from Nehemiah chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.”
Nehemiah 4:3 · KJV
But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.
And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned? fortify: Heb. leave to themselves
Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.
Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity: despised: Heb. despite
And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
“go up”
H5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
“he shall even break down”
H6555to break out (in many applications, direct and indirect, literal and figurative)
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