Yes, I also continued in the work of this wall. We didn’t buy any land. All my servants were gathered there to the work.
Parallel translations
- KJV Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.
- BSB Instead, I devoted myself to the construction of the wall, and all my servants were gathered there for the work; we did not acquire any land.
- NKJV Indeed, I also continued the work on this wall, and we did not buy any land. All my servants were gathered there for the work.
- NASB I also applied myself to the work on this wall; we did not buy any land, and all my servants were gathered there for the work.
- NLT I also devoted myself to working on the wall and refused to acquire any land. And I required all my servants to spend time working on the wall.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Gal 6:9Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.
- 1 Th 2:5–6For neither were we at any time found using words of flattery, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness (God is witness),
- Acts 20:33–35I coveted no one’s silver, or gold, or clothing.
- 1 Cor 15:58Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
- Phil 2:20–21For I have no one else like-minded, who will truly care about you.
- 2 Cor 12:16–18But be it so, I did not myself burden you. But, being crafty, I caught you with deception.
- Rom 2:7to those who by perseverance in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life;
- Luke 8:15That in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and produces fruit with patience.
- Num 16:15Moses was very angry, and said to Yahweh, “Don’t respect their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them, neither have I hurt one of them.”
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