NLT
KJV
4. Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:
ASV
4. Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn back their reproach upon their own head, and give them up for a spoil in a land of captivity;
ESV
4. Hear, O our God, for we are despised. Turn back their taunt on their own heads and give them up to be plundered in a land where they are captives.
ERVEN
4. Nehemiah prayed and said, "Our God, listen to our prayer. These men hate us. Sanballat and Tobiah are insulting us. Make bad things happen to them. Make them ashamed, like people taken away as prisoners.
WEB
4. Hear, our God; for we are despised: and turn back their reproach on their own head, and give them up for a spoil in a land of captivity;
NET
4. Hear, O our God, for we are despised! Return their reproach on their own head! Reduce them to plunder in a land of exile!
NLV
4. Hear, O our God, how we are hated! Return their shame on their own heads. Let them be taken as servants to a strange land.
HCSB
4. Listen, our God, for we are despised. Make their insults return on their own heads and let them be taken as plunder to a land of captivity.
YLT
4. Hear, O our God, for we have been despised; and turn back their reproach on their own head, and give them for a spoil in a land of captivity;
LITV
4. O our God, hear. For we are despised. And turn their curse on their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity.
RV
4. Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn back their reproach upon their own head, and give them up to spoiling in a land of captivity:
NCV
4. I prayed, "Hear us, our God. We are hated. Turn the insults of Sanballat and Tobiah back on their own heads. Let them be captured and stolen like valuables.
MKJV
4. Oh our God, hear, for we are despised. And turn their curse upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity.
AKJV
4. Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach on their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:
LXXEN
4. Hear, O our God, for we have become a scorn; and return thou their reproach upon their head, and make them a scorn in a land of captivity,
KJV
4. Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:
AMP
4. [And Nehemiah prayed] Hear, O our God, for we are despised. Turn their taunts upon their own heads, and give them for a prey in a land of their captivity.
KJVP
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YLT
4. Hear, O our God, for we have been despised; and turn back their reproach on their own head, and give them for a spoil in a land of captivity;
ASV
4. Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn back their reproach upon their own head, and give them up for a spoil in a land of captivity;
WEB
4. Hear, our God; for we are despised: and turn back their reproach on their own head, and give them up for a spoil in a land of captivity;
NASB
4. Meanwhile the Judahites were saying: "Slackened is the bearers' strength, there is no end to the rubbish; Never shall we be able the wall to rebuild."
ESV
4. Hear, O our God, for we are despised. Turn back their taunt on their own heads and give them up to be plundered in a land where they are captives.
RV
4. Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn back their reproach upon their own head, and give them up to spoiling in a land of captivity:
RSV
4. Hear, O our God, for we are despised; turn back their taunt upon their own heads, and give them up to be plundered in a land where they are captives.
NKJV
4. Hear, O our God, for we are despised; turn their reproach on their own heads, and give them as plunder to a land of captivity!
MKJV
4. Oh our God, hear, for we are despised. And turn their curse upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity.
AKJV
4. Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach on their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:
NRSV
4. Hear, O our God, for we are despised; turn their taunt back on their own heads, and give them over as plunder in a land of captivity.
NIV
4. Hear us, O our God, for we are despised. Turn their insults back on their own heads. Give them over as plunder in a land of captivity.
NIRV
4. I prayed to God. I said, "Our God, please listen to our prayer. Some people hate us. They're making fun of us. So let others make fun of them. Let them be carried off like stolen goods. Let them be taken to another country as prisoners.
NLT
4. Then I prayed, "Hear us, our God, for we are being mocked. May their scoffing fall back on their own heads, and may they themselves become captives in a foreign land!
MSG
4. Nehemiah prayed, "Oh listen to us, dear God. We're so despised: Boomerang their ridicule on their heads; have their enemies cart them off as war trophies to a land of no return;
GNB
4. I prayed, "Hear how they make fun of us, O God! Let their ridicule fall on their own heads. Let them be robbed of everything they have, and let them be taken as prisoners to a foreign land.
NET
4. Hear, O our God, for we are despised! Return their reproach on their own head! Reduce them to plunder in a land of exile!
ERVEN
4. Nehemiah prayed and said, "Our God, listen to our prayer. These men hate us. Sanballat and Tobiah are insulting us. Make bad things happen to them. Make them ashamed, like people taken away as prisoners.