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

“ Hear, O our God; for we are despised:b and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity: ”

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

The parenthetical prayers of Nehemiah form one of the most striking characteristics of his history. Here we have the first. Other examples are Nehemiah 5:19 ; Nehemiah 6:9 , Nehemiah 6:14 ; Neh...
Nehemiah 4:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(c) Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey (d) in the land of captivity: (c) This is the remedy that the children of God have aga...
Nehemiah 4:4 - 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 4:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Hear. turn. Figure of speech Apostrophe. Nehemiah's prayer an echo of Psalms 120, 121, 123: Psalms 120:3-4,124 , 125, 127, and 129. In accord with that dispensation. God. Hebrew. Elohim. App...
Nehemiah 4:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity: Turn their reproach upon their own head - A prayer of this kind,...
Nehemiah 4:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity: Hear, O our God; for we are despised. The imprecations in...
Nehemiah 4:4 - 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 4:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Hear, O our God. — The habit of Nehemiah is to turn everything to devotion as he goes on. This prayer is full of an angry jealousy for the honour of a jealous God. They have provoked thee. — The...
Nehemiah 4:4 - 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 4:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Braving Ridicule and Treachery Nehemiah 2:12-20 ; Nehemiah 4:1-12 Suspicion , Nehemiah 2:12-20 . Sanballat was probably a Moabite, a native of Horonaim; Tobiah had been a slave. There are m...
Nehemiah 4:4 - 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 4:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(4) Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity: (5) And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be bl...
Nehemiah 4:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Hear, O our God, for we are despised ,.... Here begins the prayer of Nehemiah, who had been informed of what these men said in contempt of him, and his builders, and to whom he sent no answer, but a...
Nehemiah 4:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity: Ver. 4. Hear, O our God ] These mocks and menaces lay so hea...
Nehemiah 4:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hear, O our God Nehemiah here interrupts the relation, to mention the prayer he made on the occasion. Turn their reproach upon their own head Let them really be as contemptible as they represent...
Nehemiah 4:4 - 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 4:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Opposition of Sanballat, c.. B. C. 445. 1 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat h...
Nehemiah 4:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Turn their reproach upon their own head; let them be really as contemptible as they represent us to be. This, and the following requests, may seem harsh, but they were both just, as being directed...
Nehemiah 4:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Sanballat Arouses The Neighbours Of The Jews To Ridicule Their Attempts To Rebuild The Walls, But Without Effect ( Nehemiah 4:1-6 ). We note here the deepening of the already revealed opposition t...
Nehemiah 4:4 - 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 4:4 - 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 4:4 - 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 4:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth. Sanballat: a study in party spirit You must clearly understand, to begin with, that Samaria was already, e...
Nehemiah 4:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSTION OPEN OPPOSITION OFFERED TO THE WORK BY SANBALLAT AND TOBIAH , AND ARRANGEMENTS MADE BY NEHEMIAH TO MEET IT ( Nehemiah 4:1-16 .). It would seem that S...
Nehemiah 4:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Plans of the Adversaries
Nehemiah 4:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 17:26 ; Hosea 12:14 ; Proverbs 3:34 ; Psalms 123:3 ; Psalms 123:4 ; Psalms 79:12
Nehemiah 4:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

A prey — Give them for a prey to their enemies, and let these carry them into the land of captivity.

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

Nehemiah 4:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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

Nehemiah 4:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

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

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

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

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

Nehemiah 4:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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

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

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

Nehemiah 4:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

Nehemiah 4:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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

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

Nehemiah 4:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Nehemiah 4:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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

Nehemiah 4:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Nehemiah 4:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes