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Nehemiah 4:4

New Living Translation

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!

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American Standard Version

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;

Christian Standard Bible

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.

English Standard Version

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.

King James Version

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:

New American Standard Bible

Hear, O our God, how we are an object of contempt! Return their taunting on their own heads, and turn them into plunder in a land of captivity.

New International Version

Hear us, our God, for we are despised. Turn their insults back on their own heads. Give them over as plunder in a land of captivity.

New King James Version

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!

World English Bible

“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.