Nehemiah 4:21
So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
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Gill's Exposition
So we laboured in the work,.... Of building the wall: and half of them held the spears; and other weapons before mentioned, Neh 4:16
from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared; that is,…
When the builders had so far reason to think the design of the enemies broken as to return to their work, yet they were not so secure as to lay down their arms, knowing how restless and unwearied they…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
So we laboured R.V. So we wrought. The word in the original being the same as that rendered -wrought" in Neh 4:16-17, it is best to adhere to the same English equivalent. -We:" the pronoun is…