Nehemiah 4:5
cover ... iniquity <03680 05771> [cover not.]
sin <02403> [their sin.]
builders <01129> [before the builders.]
Nehemiah 4:17
carrying loads <05447 05375> [bare burdens.]
one ........ other <0259> [every one.]
That is, he had his arms at hand; and was as fully prepared to fight as to work. The builders could not possibly have made any progress, if they had literally held a weapon in one of their hands; but the expression is evidently figurative, implying that every man was a much a soldier as a builder.
one ........ other <0259> [with one.]
