Nehemiah 4:5
“And couer not their iniquitie, and let not their sinne bee blotted out from before thee: for they haue prouoked thee to anger before the builders.”
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Nehemiah 4:5 Context
3Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Euen that which they build, if a foxe goe vp, he shall euen breake downe their stone wall. 4Heare, O our God, for we are despised: and turne their reproch vpon their owne head, and giue them for a pray, in the land of captiuitie. 5And couer not their iniquitie, and let not their sinne bee blotted out from before thee: for they haue prouoked thee to anger before the builders. 6So built we the wall, and all the wall was ioyned together vnto the halfe therof: for the people had a minde to worke. 7¶ But it came to passe that when Sanballat and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walles of Ierusalem were made vp, and that the breaches began to bee stopped, then they were very wroth,
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Other Translations for Nehemiah 4:5
And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked [thee] to anger before the builders.
- King James Version
Do not forgive their iniquity and let not their sin be blotted out before You, for they have demoralized the builders.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
and cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee; for they have provoked `thee' to anger before the builders.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Let not their wrongdoing be covered or their sin washed away from before you: for they have made you angry before the builders.
- Basic English Bible
And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee; for they have provoked the builders.
- Darby Bible
And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.
- Webster's Bible
don't cover their iniquity, and don't let their sin be blotted out from before you; for they have insulted the builders."
- World English Bible
and do not cover over their iniquity, and their sin from before Thee let not be blotted out, for they have provoked to anger -- over-against those building.
- Youngs Literal Bible
(3:37) and cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before Thee; for they have vexed Thee before the builders.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Nehemiah 4:5
4:5 Cover not - Let their wickedness be in thy sight, so as to bring down judgments upon them, that either they may be reformed, or others may be warned by their example. God is said to cover or hide sin when he forbears to punish it. Provoked thee - They have not only provoked us builders, but thee also.