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Nehemiah 4:10

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And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.
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  1. 2 Chronicles 2:18Rank 1 from verse 10
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    18And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.

  2. Ezekiel 29:18Rank 2 from verse 10
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    18Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it:

  3. Haggai 1:2Rank 3 from verse 10
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    2Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the Lord’s house should be built.

  4. Numbers 13:31Rank 4 from verse 10
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    31But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.

  5. Numbers 32:9Rank 5 from verse 10
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    9For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the Lord had given them.

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Nehemiah 4:10

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strength

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Power, might, force, ability, firmness, courage, capacity, support, defence, resources, or that by which a person or thing is enabled to stand, act, endure, overcome, or accomplish a work.

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burdens

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Sense 1: Loads carried. Sense 2: Duties, hardships, or oppressive weights borne by a person.

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decayed

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Having fallen from a good or sound state; impaired; weakened; diminished.

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able

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Having physical power sufficient; having competent power or strength, bodily or mental.

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wall

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Sense 1: A structure raised to enclose, divide, or defend a place. Sense 2: Figuratively, a defense or protection.

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9Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

10And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.

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11And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.

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