1 Or il arriva que Samballat, ayant appris que nous rebâtissions la muraille, fut fort indigné et fort irrité; et il se moqua des Juifs.

2 Car il dit en la présence de ses frères, et des gens de guerre de Samarie : Que font ces Juifs languissants? Les laissera-t-on faire? Sacrifieront-ils? et achèveront-ils tout en un jour? Pourront-ils faire revenir les pierres des monceaux de poudre, puisqu'elles sont brûlées?

3 Et Tobija, Hammonite, qui était auprès de lui, dit : Encore qu'ils bâtissent, si un renard monte, il rompra leur muraille de pierre.

1 But it came to pass that, when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews. 2 And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What are these feeble Jews doing? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, seeing they are burned? 3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they are building, if a fox go up, he shall break down their stone wall.