Nehemiah 4:21
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And let us do the work: and let one half of us hold our spears from the rising of the morning, till the stars appear.

So we

1 Corinthians 15:10,58 But by the grace of God, I am what I am. And his grace in me hath not been void: but I have laboured more abundantly than all they. Yet not I, but the grace of God with me: . . .

Galatians 6:9 And in doing good, let us not fail. For in due time we shall reap, not failing.

Colossians 1:29 Wherein also I labour, striving according to his working which he worketh in me in power.

Context
Discouragement Overcome
20In what place soever you shall hear the sound of the trumpet, run all thither unto us: our God will fight for us. 21And let us do the work: and let one half of us hold our spears from the rising of the morning, till the stars appear.22At that time also I said to the people: Let every one with his servant stay in the midst of Jerusalem, and let us take our turns in the night, and by day, to work.…
Cross References
Nehemiah 4:20
In what place soever you shall hear the sound of the trumpet, run all thither unto us: our God will fight for us.

Nehemiah 4:22
At that time also I said to the people: Let every one with his servant stay in the midst of Jerusalem, and let us take our turns in the night, and by day, to work.

Lexicon
So we
וַאֲנַ֖חְנוּ (wa·’ă·naḥ·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 587: We

continued
עֹשִׂ֣ים (‘ō·śîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

the work,
בַּמְּלָאכָ֑ה (bam·mə·lā·ḵāh)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4399: Deputyship, ministry, employment, work, property

while half of [the men]
וְחֶצְיָ֗ם (wə·ḥeṣ·yām)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2677: The half, middle

held
מַחֲזִיקִים֙ (ma·ḥă·zî·qîm)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2388: To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer

spears
בָּֽרְמָחִ֔ים (bā·rə·mā·ḥîm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7420: A lance, the iron point

from the break
מֵעֲל֣וֹת (mê·‘ă·lō·wṯ)
Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 5927: To ascend, in, actively

of dawn
הַשַּׁ֔חַר (haš·ša·ḥar)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7837: Dawn

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

the stars
הַכּוֹכָבִֽים׃ (hak·kō·w·ḵā·ḇîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3556: A star, a prince

came out.
צֵ֥את (ṣêṯ)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim


Additional Translations
So we continued the work, while half of the men held spears from the break of dawn until the stars came out.So we labored in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.

So we wrought in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.

So we continued labouring at the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning until the stars appeared.

And we laboured in the work; and half of them held the spears from the rising of the dawn till the stars appeared.

So we wrought in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.

So we labored in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.

So we worked in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning until the stars appeared.

And we are working in the business, and half of them are keeping hold of the spears, from the going up of the dawn till the coming forth of the stars.
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