who were rebuilding the wall. ¹  Those who were carrying loads did so ²  by keeping one hand on the work and the other on their weapon.

biblegateway Neh 4:17

Those who were rebuilding the wall and those who carried burdens took their load with one hand doing the work and the other holding a weapon.

who were rebuilding the wall. The laborers who carried the loads worked with one hand and held a weapon with the other.

who were rebuilding the wall. The workers who were carrying loads did the work with one hand and held their weapons with the other,

biblegateway Neh 4:17

who were building the wall. Those who carried materials did their work with one hand and held a weapon in the other,

who were building on the wall. Those who carried burdens were loaded in such a way that each labored on the work with one hand and held his weapon with the other.

bibleoremus Neh 4:17

who were building the wall. The burden bearers carried their loads in such a way that each labored on the work with one hand and with the other held a weapon.

who were engaged on the wall. The porters carrying the loads held their load with one hand and a weapon with the other.

biblegateway Neh 4:17

Those who built on the wall, and those who carried burdens, loaded themselves so that with one hand they worked at construction, and with the other held a weapon.

They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, [every one] with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other [hand] held a weapon.

biblegateway Neh 4:17

who were rebuilding the wall. ¹  Those who were carrying loads did so ²  by keeping one hand on the work and the other on their weapon.

¹ tn The first words of v. 17, “who were rebuilding the wall,” should be taken with the latter part of v. 16.

² tn Heb “were carrying loads.” The LXX reads ἐν ὅπλοις (en hoplois, “with weapons”).