Nehemiah 4:11
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And our enemies said: Let them not know, nor understand, till we come in the midst of them, and kill them, and cause the work to cease.

They shall not

Judges 20:29 And the children of Israel set ambushes round about the city of Gabaa:

2 Samuel 17:2 And coming upon him (for he is now weary, and weak handed) I will defeat him: and when all the people is put to flight that is with him, I will kill the king who will be left alone.

Psalm 56:6 They will dwell and hide themselves: they will watch my heel. As they have waited for my soul,

Isaiah 47:11 Evil shall come upon thee, and thou shalt not know the rising thereof: and calamity shall fall violently upon thee, which thou canst not keep off: misery shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.

Acts 23:12,21 And when day was come, some of the Jews gathered together and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they killed Paul. . . .

1 Thessalonians 5:2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord shall so come as a thief in the night.

Context
Discouragement Overcome
10And Juda said: The strength of the bearer of burdens is decayed, and the rubbish is very much, and we shall not be able to build the wall. 11And our enemies said: Let them not know, nor understand, till we come in the midst of them, and kill them, and cause the work to cease.12And it came to pass, that when the Jews that dwelt by them came and told us ten times, out of all the places from whence they came to us,…
Cross References
Nehemiah 4:9
And we prayed to our God, and set watchmen upon the wall day and night against them.

Nehemiah 4:10
And Juda said: The strength of the bearer of burdens is decayed, and the rubbish is very much, and we shall not be able to build the wall.

Nehemiah 4:12
And it came to pass, that when the Jews that dwelt by them came and told us ten times, out of all the places from whence they came to us,

Lexicon
And our enemies
צָרֵ֗ינוּ (ṣā·rê·nū)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 6862: Narrow, a tight place, a pebble, an opponent

said,
וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (way·yō·mə·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“Before
עַ֛ד (‘aḏ)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

they know
יֵדְעוּ֙ (yê·ḏə·‘ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3045: To know

[or]
וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

see
יִרְא֔וּ (yir·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

[a thing],
לֹ֤א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

we will come
נָב֥וֹא (nā·ḇō·w)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

into
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

their midst,
תּוֹכָ֖ם (tō·w·ḵām)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8432: A bisection, the centre

kill them,
וַהֲרַגְנ֑וּם (wa·hă·raḡ·nūm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common plural | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2026: To smite with deadly intent

and put an end
וְהִשְׁבַּ֖תְנוּ (wə·hiš·baṯ·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 7673: To repose, desist from exertion

to the work.”
הַמְּלָאכָֽה׃ (ham·mə·lā·ḵāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4399: Deputyship, ministry, employment, work, property


Additional Translations
And our enemies said, “Before they know or see a thing, we will come into their midst, kill them, and put an end to the work.”And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the middle among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.

And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.

And they that afflicted us said, They shall not know, and they shall not see, until we come into the midst of them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.

And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them and kill them, and put an end to the work.

And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.

And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.

Our adversaries said, "They shall not know, neither see, until we come into the midst of them, and kill them, and cause the work to cease."

And our adversaries say, 'They do not know, nor see, till that we come in to their midst, and have slain them, and caused the work to cease.'
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