Nehemiah 4:19-21

4:19 I said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, “The work is demanding ¹  and extensive, and we are spread out on the wall, far removed from one another. 4:20 Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, gather there with us. Our God will fight for us!”

4:21 So we worked on, ²  with half ³  holding spears, from dawn till dusk. ⁴ 

[4:19]  ¹ tn Heb “much.”

[4:21]  ² tn Heb “and we were doing the work.”

[4:21]  ³ tn Heb “half of them.”

[4:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “from the coming up of the dawn till the coming forth of the stars.”