Nehemiah 4:6 (GNV)

Passage

So we built the wall, and all the wall was ioyned vnto the halfe thereof, and the heart of the people was to worke.

Nearby Context

Nehemiah 4:4 Heare, O our God (for we are despised) and turne their shame vpon their owne head, and giue them vnto a pray in the lande of their captiuitie,

Nehemiah 4:5 And couer not their iniquitie, neither let their sinne be put out in thy presence: for they haue prouoked vs before the builders.

Nehemiah 4:6 So we built the wall, and all the wall was ioyned vnto the halfe thereof, and the heart of the people was to worke.

Nehemiah 4:7 But when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodims heard that the walles of Ierusalem were repayred, (for the breaches began to be stopped) then they were very wroth,

Nehemiah 4:8 And conspired all together to come and to fight against Ierusalem, and to hinder them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "built", "wall", "ioyned", "vnto", "halfe", "thereof", and "heart". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "built" and "wall", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "And couer not their iniquitie neither let..." into verse 7's "But when Sanballat and Tobiah and the...", so "built" and "wall" belong inside that flow. In Nehemiah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "built" and "wall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.