So we worked on, ¹  with half ²  holding spears, from dawn till dusk. ³ 

biblegateway Neh 4:21

So we carried on the work with half of them holding spears from dawn until the stars appeared.

So we continued the work, while half of the men were holding spears from daybreak until the stars came out.

So we continued to work. Half of us held spears from early dawn until the stars came out.

biblegateway Neh 4:21

So we continued the work with half the men holding spears, from the first light of dawn till the stars came out.

So we labored at the work, and half of them held the spears from the break of dawn until the stars came out.

bibleoremus Neh 4:21

So we labored at the work, and half of them held the spears from break of dawn until the stars came out.

So with half the men holding spears we continued the work from daybreak until the stars came out.

biblegateway Neh 4:21

So we labored in the work, and half of the men held the spears from daybreak until the stars appeared.

So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.

biblegateway Neh 4:21

So we worked on, ¹  with half ²  holding spears, from dawn till dusk. ³ 

¹ tn Heb “and we were doing the work.”

² tn Heb “half of them.”

³ tn Heb “from the coming up of the dawn till the coming forth of the stars.”