Nehemiah 4:9

So we prayed to our God and stationed a guard to protect against them ¹  both day and night.

But we prayed to our God and posted a guard day and night to meet this threat.

But we prayed to our God, and because of them we set up a guard against them day and night.

But we prayed to our God and guarded the city day and night to protect ourselves.

We countered with prayer to our God and set a round-the-clock guard against them.

But we made our prayer to God, and had men on watch against them day and night because of them.

So we prayed to our God, and set a guard as a protection against them day and night.

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

So we prayed to our God and stationed a guard to protect against them ¹  both day and night.

¹ tn Heb “against them.” The words “to protect” are added in the translation for the sake of clarity and smoothness. Some emend MT עֲלֵיהֶם (’alehem, “against them”) to עָלֶיהָ (’aleha, “against it,” i.e., Jerusalem).