Nehemiah 4:6

Biblia Hebrica Stuttgartensia (1967/77)

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and all the wall: That is, the whole circuit of the wall was completed unto half the intended height.

for the people: The original is very emphatic, wyhee laiv leam laasoth, "for the people had a heart to work." Their heart was engaged in it, and they went about it cheerfully and vigorously.

had a mind: Nehemiah 6:15, 1 Chronicles 29:3, 1 Chronicles 29:14, 1 Chronicles 29:17, 1 Chronicles 29:18, 2 Chronicles 29:36, Psalms 110:3, 2 Corinthians 8:16, 2 Corinthians 8:17, Philippians 2:13, Hebrews 13:21

Reciprocal: Psalms 102:14 - General Ecclesiastes 9:10 - thy hand Micah 7:11 - the day Haggai 1:14 - and they

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So built we the wall,.... Went on in building it, notwithstanding their scoffs and threats:

and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof; it was carried all round the city to half the height of it:

for the people had a mind to work; their heart was in it, they had a good will to it, and they made haste to finish it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Unto the half thereof - i. e. to half the intended height.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Nehemiah 4:6. For the people had a mind to work. — The original is very emphatic: ויהי לב לעם לעשות vayehi leb leam laasoth, "For the people had a heart to work." Their hearts were engaged in it; and where the heart is engaged, the work of God goes on well. The whole of this 6th verse is omitted by the Septuagint.