Nehemiah 6:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands. ”

Nehemiah 6:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah's Enemies Make a further Attempt to Frustrate his Work. The narrative about the rebuilding of the walls, which was broken by ch. 5, is here taken up again. Sanballat and his confederates s...
Nehemiah 6:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

made us afraid. Sought to make them afraid, but Nehemiah had no fear. See Nehemiah 6:11 . NOW. Some codices, with three (and one in margin) early printed editions, read "Thou". hands. Some c...
Nehemiah 6:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God , strengthen my hands.
Nehemiah 6:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Wherein was written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their king, accordin...
Nehemiah 6:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Attempts of Sanballat to hinder the completion of the Walls 2. Ono] near Lod ( Ezra 2:33 ), now Kefr Ana, some 25 m. from Jerusalem.
Nehemiah 6:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands. — The answer sent was that the thing was not true, and that the report itself did not exist. The reflection in Nehemiah’s journal was that they sought to...
Nehemiah 6:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

WISE AS SERPENTS Nehemiah 6:1-19 OPEN opposition had totally failed. The watchful garrison had not once permitted a surprise. In spite of the persistent malignity of his enemies, Nehemiah had r...
Nehemiah 6:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Great Task-A Safeguard from Danger Nehemiah 6:1-19 How often Satan tries to call us off from our work for God! He cannot endure to see us engaged so eagerly on our Master's business and there...
Nehemiah 6:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In this chapter we have the account of the continuity of opposition to the work of Nehemiah. It moved, however, on to a new plane. Having begun in contempt, and proceeded through conspiracy, it now a...
Nehemiah 6:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(5) Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand; (6) Wherein was written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou an...
Nehemiah 6:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For they all made us afraid ,.... Or you all, as Aben Ezra interprets it; or all the Heathen nations, as Jarchi; this was the design of all those scandalous reports, to intimidate them, and with thi...
Nehemiah 6:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, [O God], strengthen my hands. Ver. 9. For they all made us afraid ] This they...
Nehemiah 6:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For they all made us afraid That is, they endeavoured to do so, and actually did terrify some persons. Now, therefore, O God, strengthen my hands It is a great relief to good people, that in all...
Nehemiah 6:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

FURTHER SUBTLE OPPOSITION (vv. 1-14) Chapter 5 has been practically a parenthesis in this book, for Nehemiah had to delay the building of the wall in order to deal with serious problems inside....
Nehemiah 6:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Plot of Sanballat, c. B. C. 445. 1 Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah,...
Nehemiah 6:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They all made us afraid, i.e. they endeavoured to do so, and actually did terrify some persons.
Nehemiah 6:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judah's Adversaries Learn That The Wall Is Completed Apart From The Gateways ( Nehemiah 6:1 ). Nehemiah 6:1 ‘Now it came about, when it was reported to Sanballat and Tobiah, and to Geshem the A...
Nehemiah 6:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

EXPLANATORY NOTES.] “When Sanballat and the enemies associated with him were unable to obstruct the building of the wall of Jerusalem by open violence, they endeavoured to ruin Nehemiah by secret sna...
Nehemiah 6:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 6:6 . Thou mayest be king. Sanballat accused this very old man of a crime that was in his own heart, had he but seen an opening, for he kept a standing army in Samaria. Nehemiah 6:7 ....
Nehemiah 6:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

Now it came to pass, when Sanballat. The witness to the truth I. His trial, from the stratagems of enemies. The circumstances of his trial were peculiar. Faith and prayer and pains had now achi...
Nehemiah 6:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION SECRET PROCEEDINGS OF SANBALLAT AND HIS FRIENDS TO HINDER THE BUILDING OF THE WALL , AND THEIR FAILURE . THE WALL COMPLETED ( Nehemiah 6:1-16 .)....
Nehemiah 6:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Enmity of Sanballat
Nehemiah 6:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 5:10 ; 1 Samuel 30:6 ; 2 Chronicles 15:7 ; 2 Chronicles 32:18 ; 2 Corinthians 12:9 ; Ephesians 3:16 ; Ephesians 6:10 ; Ezra 4:1-24 ; Hebrews 12:12 ; Isaiah 35:3 ; Isaiah 35:4 ; Is...
Nehemiah 6:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Strengthen my hands — A good prayer, when we are entering on any particular services or conflicts in our Christian warfare.

Nehemiah 6:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 6:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Nehemiah 6:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Nehemiah 6:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Nehemiah 6:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 6:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Nehemiah 6:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Nehemiah 6:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Nehemiah 6:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Nehemiah 6:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Nehemiah 6:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Nehemiah 6:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Nehemiah 6:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 6:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 6:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Nehemiah 6:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Nehemiah 6:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 6:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Nehemiah 6:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 6:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

Nehemiah 6:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Nehemiah 6:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Nehemiah 6:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Nehemiah 6:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes