Nehemiah 4:9
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And we prayed to our God, and set watchmen upon the wall day and night against them.

Nevertheless

Nehemiah 4:11 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.

Genesis 32:9-12,28 And Jacob said: O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac: O Lord who saidst to me, Return to thy land, and to the place of thy birth, and I will do well for thee. . . .

2 Kings 19:14-19 And when Ezechias had received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and had read it, he went up to the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord, . . .

Psalm 50:15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

Psalm 55:16-22 But I have cried to God: and the Lord will save me. . . .

Luke 6:11,12 And they were filled with madness: and they talked one with another, what they might do to Jesus. . . .

Acts 4:24-30 Who having heard it, with one accord lifted up their voice to God and said: Lord, thou art he that didst make heaven and earth, the sea and all things that are in them. . . .

set a watch

Matthew 26:41 Watch ye: and pray that ye enter not into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Luke 21:36 Watch ye, therefore, praying at all times, that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that are to come and to stand before the Son of man.

1 Peter 5:8 Be sober and watch: because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, goeth about seeking whom he may devour.

Context
Discouragement Overcome
9And we prayed to our God, and set watchmen upon the wall day and night against them.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.…
Cross References
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 4:11
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.

Lexicon
So we prayed
וַנִּתְפַּלֵּ֖ל (wan·niṯ·pal·lêl)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 6419: To judge, to intercede, pray

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

our God
אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ (’ĕ·lō·hê·nū)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

and posted
וַנַּעֲמִ֨יד (wan·na·‘ă·mîḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 5975: To stand, in various relations

a guard
מִשְׁמָ֧ר (miš·mār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4929: Place of confinement, jail, prison, guard, watch, observance

against them
עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם (‘ă·lê·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

day
יוֹמָ֥ם (yō·w·mām)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3119: Daytime, by day

and night.
וָלַ֖יְלָה (wā·lay·lāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3915: A twist, night, adversity


Additional Translations
So we prayed to our God and posted a guard against them day and night.Nevertheless we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

But we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

So we prayed to our God and set watchmen against them day and night, because of them.

Then we prayed to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

But we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

Nevertheless we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

But we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

And we pray unto our God, and appoint a watch against them, by day and by night, because of them.
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