Nehemiah 4:23
“So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
So neither I, nor my brethren,.... The nobles and rulers:
nor my servants; his domestic servants that waited upon him:…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Saving ... - The text here is probably unsound. It yields no satisfactory sense. See the margin.
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
None of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing - The Hebrew for all this is only אין…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Nehemiah 4:16-23
When the builders had so far reason to think the design of the enemies broken as to return to their work, yet they were…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
my brethren … servants … men of the guard which followed me Nehemiah mentions in detail those in whom he had complete…
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