New Revised Standard Version
And our enemies said, “They will not know or see anything before we come upon them and kill them and stop the work.”

Contemporary English Version
Our enemies were saying, "Before those Jews know what has happened, we will sneak up and kill them and put an end to their work."

New American Bible
Our enemies thought, “Before they are aware of it or see us, we will come into their midst, kill them, and put an end to the work.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And our enemies said: Let them not know, nor understand, till we come in the midst of them, and kill them, and cause the work to cease.

And our enemies said: Let them not know, nor understand, till we come in the midst of them, and kill them, and cause the work to cease.

They shall not

Judges 20:29 And the children of Israel set ambushes round about the city of Gabaa:

2 Samuel 17:2 And coming upon him (for he is now weary, and weak handed) I will defeat him: and when all the people is put to flight that is with him, I will kill the king who will be left alone.

Psalm 56:6 They will dwell and hide themselves: they will watch my heel. As they have waited for my soul,

Isaiah 47:11 Evil shall come upon thee, and thou shalt not know the rising thereof: and calamity shall fall violently upon thee, which thou canst not keep off: misery shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.

Acts 23:12,21 And when day was come, some of the Jews gathered together and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they killed Paul. . . .

1 Thessalonians 5:2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord shall so come as a thief in the night.