SEV Biblia, Chapter 4:14
Después miré, y me levanté, y dije a los principales y a los magistrados, y al resto del pueblo: No temáis delante de ellos; acordaos del Señor grande y terrible, y pelead por vuestros hermanos, por vuestros hijos y por vuestras hijas, por vuestras mujeres y por vuestras casas.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 4:14
Verse 14. Be not ye afraid of them] Are they more terrible or stronger than God? Fight for your brethren] Your own countrymen, who worship the same God, and are come from the same stock; your sons, whom they wish to slay or lead into captivity; your daughters and wives, whom they wish to deflower and defile; and your houses, which they wish to seize and occupy as their own. They had every thing at stake; and therefore they must fight pro aris et focis, for their religion, their lives, and their property. A people thus interested, who once take up the sword, can never be conquered. There is an address made to the Greeks by their leader in AEschylus, Pers. ver. 402, similar to this, to excite them against the Persians:- - w paidev Æellhnwn, ite, eleuqeroute patridÆ, eleuqeroute de paidav, guniakav, qewn re patrwwn edh, qhkav te progonwn? nun uper pantwn agwn.
" - Sons of the Greeks, go on! Free now your country, and your children free; Your wives, the temples of your fathers' gods, And dear abodes of farthest ancestors: - Now strike the blow for all!" J. B. B. C.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 14. And I looked , etc.] Took a view of the people, and observed that they were in their proper place, and sufficiently armed, and also whether the enemy was coming: and rose up and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people ; who were under their nobles and rulers, as their captains and commanders: be not ye afraid of them ; of their enemies, their numbers, and their threats: remember the Lord, which is great and terrible ; who is greater than they, and is to be feared and trusted in by his people, and is terrible even to the kings of the earth: and fight for your brethren, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your houses ; intimating, that they were in danger of losing all that was near and dear, valuable and precious to them, if they did not fight for them; and therefore it became them to quit themselves like men, and be strong.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 7-15 - The hindering good work is what bad men aim at, and promise themselve success in; but good work is God's work, and it shall prosper. God ha many ways of bringing to light, and so of bringing to nought, the devices and designs of his church's enemies. If our enemies cannot frighten us from duty, or deceive us into sin, they cannot hurt us Nehemiah put himself and his cause under the Divine protection. It wa the way of this good man, and should be our way. All his cares, all his griefs, all his fears, he spread before God. Before he used any means he made his prayer to God. Having prayed, he set a watch against the enemy. If we think to secure ourselves by prayer, without watchfulness we are slothful, and tempt God; if by watchfulness, without prayer, we are proud, and slight God: either way, we forfeit his protection. God' care of our safety, should engage and encourage us to go on with vigou in our duty. As soon as a danger is over, let us return to our work and trust God another time.
Original Hebrew
וארא 7200 ואקום 6965 ואמר 559 אל 413 החרים 2715 ואל 413 הסגנים 5461 ואל 413 יתר 3499 העם 5971 אל 408 תיראו 3372 מפניהם 6440 את 853 אדני 136 הגדול 1419 והנורא 3372 זכרו 2142 והלחמו 3898 על 5921 אחיכם 251 בניכם 1121 ובנתיכם 1323 נשׁיכם 802 ובתיכם׃ 1004
