Neh 4:17
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.
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By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
I have fought a good fight, I have finished {my} course, I have kept the faith:
For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and {there are} many adversaries.
If others be partakers of {this} power over you, {are} not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.
Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.
Know therefore and understand, {that} from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince {shall be} seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. {be built...: Heb. return and be built} {wall: or, breach, or, ditch} {troublous: Heb. strait of}
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do {it} with thy might; for {there is} no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, {and} on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows. {in the...: Heb. from the lower parts of the place, etc}
Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and {when} they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded. {sword: or, dart}