Nehemiah 4:11
And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.In other versions
And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
ASV
And those who were against us said, Without their knowledge and without their seeing us, we will come among them and put them to death, causing the work to come to a stop.
BBE
And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them and kill them, and put an end to the work.
DBY
Our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, until we come into the midst of them, and kill them, and cause the work to cease.
WEB
And our adversaries say, `They do not know, nor see, till that we come in to their midst, and have slain them, and caused the work to cease.'
YLT
And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
ENG
And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
WBT
And our enemies said, “Before they know or see a thing, we will come into their midst, kill them, and put an end to the work.”
BSB
In context
9Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
10And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.
11And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
12And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return unto us they will be upon you.
13Therefore 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.