Nehemiah 4:17-19

Revised Geneva Translation

¹⁷ those who built on the wall and those who bore burdens. Those who loaded did the work with one hand and held the sword with the other.

¹⁸ For every one of the builders had his sword girded on his loins and built. And he who blew the trumpet was beside me.

¹⁹ Then I said to the princes and to the rulers and to the rest of the people, “The work is great and large! And we are separated upon the wall, one far from another!