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# For they all wanted to make us afraid

Here "they" refers to Nehemiah's enemies, Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem, and their followers. The word "us" refers to the Jews.

# They will drop their hands from doing the work

This is a descriptive phrase that means that they are stopping their work on the wall. Alternate translation: "The workers on the wall will stop doing the work" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# strengthen my hands

Here Nehemiah requests for God to strengthen him by asking him to strengthen his "hands." Alternate translation: "strengthen me" or "give me courage" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00			`# For they all wanted to make us afraid`

			`Here "they" refers to Nehemiah's enemies, Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem, and their followers. The word "us" refers to the Jews.`

			`# They will drop their hands from doing the work`

Replace all AT: with Alternate translation: 2018-02-10 00:34:10 +00:00			`This is a descriptive phrase that means that they are stopping their work on the wall. Alternate translation: "The workers on the wall will stop doing the work" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])`
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			`# strengthen my hands`

Replace all AT: with Alternate translation: 2018-02-10 00:34:10 +00:00			`Here Nehemiah requests for God to strengthen him by asking him to strengthen his "hands." Alternate translation: "strengthen me" or "give me courage" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])`
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