Nehemiah 4:23 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing. ”

Nehemiah 4:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Saving ... - The text here is probably unsound. It yields no satisfactory sense. See the margin.
Nehemiah 4:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, [saving that] every one put them off (l) for washing. (l) That is, when th...
Nehemiah 4:23 - 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 4:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the men of the guard. The Persian guard attached to Nehemiah. none of us, &c. The Hebrew is literally "none of us put off our clothes; each man went with his weapon (or tool) [and his] water...
Nehemiah 4:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing. None of us put off our cl...
Nehemiah 4:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Saving that every one put them off for washing— Even for a whole month. Houbigant. REFLECTIONS.— 1st, Never did the cause of God begin to prosper, but the enemies of God began to malign and re...
Nehemiah 4:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing. None of us put off...
Nehemiah 4:23 - 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 4:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Saving that every one put them off for washing. — This rendering is very improbable, as the words are simply: “every man his weapon water.” Some interpret that “each man’s weapon was his water”: ev...
Nehemiah 4:23 - 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 4:23 - 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 4:23 - 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 4:23 - 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 4:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

So neither I, nor my brethren ,.... The nobles and rulers: nor my servants ; his domestic servants that waited upon him: nor the men of the guard which followed me ; his bodyguard, which attende...
Nehemiah 4:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, [saving that] every one put them off for washing. Ver. 23. So neither I...
Nehemiah 4:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

None of us put off our clothes Neither by day nor by night, as the manner is when people go to rest, but they constantly kept themselves in readiness to fight, if any assault were made on the city....
Nehemiah 4:23 - 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 4:23 - 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 4:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

None of us put off our clothes; neither by day, nor by night, as the manner is when we go to bed; they constantly kept themselves in a readiness for fighting. Saving that every one put them off fo...
Nehemiah 4:23 - 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 4:23 - 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 4:23 - 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 4:23 - 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 4:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

None of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing. The necessary and the unnecessary Some people waste all their energy in putting off and on their clothes : their...
Nehemiah 4:23 - 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 4:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Nehemiah's Precautions
Nehemiah 4:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:10 ; Judges 5:11 ; Judges 9:48 ; Nehemiah 5:16 ; Nehemiah 7:2
Nehemiah 4:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Washing — When they were to wash and cleanse themselves from some impurity, which might befal them or their garments.

Nehemiah 4:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Nehemiah 4:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Nehemiah 4:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 4:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Nehemiah 4:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Nehemiah 4:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Nehemiah 4:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Nehemiah 4:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 4:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Nehemiah 4:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Nehemiah 4:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Nehemiah 4:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Nehemiah 4:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Nehemiah 4:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Nehemiah 4:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Nehemiah 4:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 4:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 4:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Nehemiah 4:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Nehemiah 4:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 4:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Nehemiah 4:23 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Nehemiah 4:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 4:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

Nehemiah 4:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Nehemiah 4:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Nehemiah 4:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Nehemiah 4:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes