bare burdens: Neh 4:10 every one: That is, he had his arms at hand; and was as fully prepared to fight as to work. The builders could not possibly have made any progress, if they had literally held a weapon in one of their hands; but the expression is evidently figurative, implying that every man was a much a soldier as a builder. with one: Dan 9:25, 1Co 9:12, 1Co 16:9, 1Co 16:13, 2Co 6:7, Eph 6:11-20, Phi 1:28, 2Ti 2:3, 2Ti 4:7 Reciprocal: Neh 4:13 - in the lower places Ecc 9:10 - thy hand Joe 2:8 - sword