Nehemiah 4:15

4:15 It so happened that when our adversaries heard that we were aware of these matters, ¹  God frustrated their intentions. Then all of us returned to the wall, each to his own work.

Nehemiah 6:16

6:16 When all our enemies heard and all the nations who were around us saw ²  this, they were greatly disheartened. ³  They knew that this work had been accomplished with the help of our God.

[4:15]  ¹ tn Heb “it was known to us.”

[6:16]  ² tc The MT understands the root here to be יָרֵא (yare’, “to fear”) rather than רָאָה (ra’ah, “to see”).

[6:16]  ³ tn Heb “they greatly fell [i.e., were cast down] in their own eyes.” Some scholars suggest emending the reading of the MT, וַיִּפְּלוּ (vayyipÿlu) to וַיִּפָּלֵא (vayyippale’, “it was very extraordinary in their eyes”).