Nehemiah 4:8 (GNV)

Passage

And conspired all together to come and to fight against Ierusalem, and to hinder them.

Nearby Context

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.

Nehemiah 4:9 The we prayed vnto our God, and set watchmen by them, day and night, because of them.

Nehemiah 4:10 And Iudah said, The strength of the bearers is weakened, and there is much earth, so that we are not able to build the wall.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "conspired", "together", "come", "fight", "against", "ierusalem", and "hinder". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "conspired" and "together", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "But when Sanballat and Tobiah and the..." into verse 9's "The we prayed vnto our God and...", so "conspired" and "together" 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 "conspired" and "together" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.