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Nehemiah 4:4

WEB

4“Hear, our God, for we are despised. Turn back their reproach on their own head. Give them up for a plunder in a land of captivity.

KJV

4Hear, 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:

BSB

4Hear us, O God, for we are despised. Turn their scorn back upon their own heads, and let them be taken as plunder to a land of captivity.

FBV

4I prayed, “Lord, please listen to us, because we are being treated with contempt. Rain down their insults on their own heads! Let them be taken away like plunder, prisoners in a foreign land!

Extra References

Psalms 79:12

12Pay back to our neighbors seven times into their bosom their reproach with which they have reproached you, Lord.

Psalms 123:3-4

3Have mercy on us, LORD, have mercy on us, for we have endured much contempt. 4Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scoffing of those who are at ease, with the contempt of the proud.

Proverbs 3:34

34Surely he mocks the mockers, but he gives grace to the humble.

Hosea 12:14

14Ephraim has bitterly provoked anger. Therefore his blood will be left on him, and his Lord[+] will repay his contempt.

1 Samuel 17:26

26David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, “What shall be done to the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”