Nehemiah 6:15 (GNV)

Passage

Notwithstanding the wall was finished on the fiue and twentieth day of Elul, in two and fiftie dayes.

Nearby Context

Nehemiah 6:13 Therefore was he hyred, that I might be afrayde, and doe thus, and sinne, and that they might haue an euill report that they might reproche me.

Nehemiah 6:14 My God, remember thou Tobiah, and Sanballat according vnto these their workes, and Noadiah the Prophetesse also, and the rest of the Prophets that would haue put me in feare.

Nehemiah 6:15 Notwithstanding the wall was finished on the fiue and twentieth day of Elul, in two and fiftie dayes.

Nehemiah 6:16 And when all our enemies heard thereof, euen all the heathen that were about vs, they were afraid, and their courage failed them: for they knew, that this worke was wrought by our God.

Nehemiah 6:17 And in these dayes were there many of the princes of Iudah, whose letters went vnto Tobiah, and those of Tobiah came vnto them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "notwithstanding", "wall", "finished", "fiue", "twentieth", "elul", "fiftie", and "dayes". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "notwithstanding" and "wall", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "My God remember thou Tobiah and Sanballat..." into verse 16's "And when all our enemies heard thereof...", so "notwithstanding" 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 "notwithstanding" and "wall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.