Neh 4:2 | HCSB | STEP | before his colleagues and the powerful men of Samaria , and said , “What are these pathetic Jews doing ? Can they restore it by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices ? Will they ever finish it? Can they bring these burnt stones back to life from the mounds of rubble ?”

Nehemiah 4:2

2 before his colleagues and the powerful men ^{▼▼Or the army} of Samaria, ^b and said, “What are these pathetic Jews doing? Can they restore it by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they ever finish it? Can they bring these burnt stones ^c back to life from the mounds of rubble?” ^d