Nehemiah 4:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Nehemiah 4:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Samaritan Attempt to Frustrate the Building of the Walls. In Nehemiah 4:2 f. the text is very corrupt, though the general sense of the passage is fairly clear, viz. the Samaritans mock the effort...
Nehemiah 4:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
Nehemiah 4:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows. No JFB commentary on...
Nehemiah 4:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Machinations of the Enemies of the Jews 1. Sanballat] His irritation at Nehemiah's arrival ( Nehemiah 2:10 ) was increased by the work accomplished by the latter.
Nehemiah 4:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

So we laboured. — This is a general recapitulation, with additional note of the length of the day’s work during this pressing season.
Nehemiah 4:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Nehemiah 2:19 ON GUARD Nehemiah 2:10 ; Nehemiah 2:19 ; Nehemiah 4:1-23 ALL his arrangements for rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem show that Nehemiah was awake to the dangers with which he...
Nehemiah 4:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Triumph of Courage and Devotion Nehemiah 4:13-23 The work of rebuilding the ruins of Zion is typical of our efforts as Christians to counteract the deterioration which is ever at work in ou...
Nehemiah 4:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

As the work proceeded, the opposition of outsiders turned from derision to anger, but rose no higher at the moment than contempt. However, Nehemiah was conscious of the menace of this attitude, and l...
Nehemiah 4:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(16) В¶ And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and...
Nehemiah 4:21 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

WITH SWORD AND TROWEL ‘The builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded.… So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till t...
Nehemiah 4:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

So we laboured in the work ,.... Of building the wall: and half of them held the spears; and other weapons before mentioned, Nehemiah 4:16 from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared...
Nehemiah 4:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared. Ver. 21. So we laboured in the work ] Their fear of the enemy did not weaken th...
Nehemiah 4:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Half of them held the spears For the use of every man, if there should be occasion. From the rising of the morning till the stars appeared Working very early and very late. Let every one with hi...
Nehemiah 4:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

DECISION IN THE FACE OF OPPOSITION (vv. 1-23) The diligent labor of the Jews drew out more bitter anger on the part of the enemy. Sanballat was furious and resorted to the moral weakness of mock...
Nehemiah 4:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Precautions of Nehemiah. B. C. 445. 16 And it came to pass from that time forth, th...
Nehemiah 4:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Working very early and very late.
Nehemiah 4:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Sanballat And His Allies Determine Violence Against the Builders Of The Walls With The Aim Of Preventing Their Completion Only To Be Thwarted By Nehemiah's Precautions ( Nehemiah 4:7-23 ). Their d...
Nehemiah 4:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

EXPLANATORY NOTES.] Nehemiah 4:1-6 are in the Hebrew v. 33–38 of chap. Nehemiah 3:1 Nehemiah 4:1 . Sanballat ] See on chap. Nehemiah 2:10 . That we builded the wall ] That we were building i...
Nehemiah 4:21 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Nehemiah 4:18 , Nehemiah 4:21 The restoration of God's temple by the armed labourers of Nehemiah is a familiar and noble illustration of the restitution of the spiritual temple, "which temple...
Nehemiah 4:21 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Nehemiah 4:1 . 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. It was needful to rebuild the wall of Jerusa...
Nehemiah 4:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 4:2 . He spake before his brethren; that is, before Tobias, &c. his brother governors, and other great officers whom he had convened for counsel against the Jews. Nehemiah 4:5 . Le...
Nehemiah 4:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Nehemiah 4:7 It came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah , at Samaria, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites , in their respective residences, heard tha...
Nehemiah 4:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Nehemiah's Precautions
Nehemiah 4:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:10 ; 1 Corinthians 15:58 ; Colossians 1:29 ; Galatians 6:9

Nehemiah 4:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 4:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Nehemiah 4:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Nehemiah 4:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 4:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Nehemiah 4:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Nehemiah 4:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Nehemiah 4:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Nehemiah 4:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Nehemiah 4:21 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Nehemiah 4:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Nehemiah 4:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Nehemiah 4:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 4:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 4:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Nehemiah 4:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Nehemiah 4:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 4:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Nehemiah 4:21 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Nehemiah 4:21 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Nehemiah 4:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 4:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Nehemiah 4:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Nehemiah 4:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge