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Nehemiah 6

19 verses · King James Version

  1. 1Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)Compare translations of Nehemiah 6:1
  2. 2That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.Compare translations of Nehemiah 6:2
  3. 3And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?Compare translations of Nehemiah 6:3
  4. 4Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.Compare translations of Nehemiah 6:4
  5. 5Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand;Compare translations of Nehemiah 6:5
  6. 6Wherein written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their king, according to these words.Compare translations of Nehemiah 6:6
  7. 7And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.Compare translations of Nehemiah 6:7
  8. 8Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.Compare translations of Nehemiah 6:8
  9. 9For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, strengthen my hands.Compare translations of Nehemiah 6:9
  10. 10Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.Compare translations of Nehemiah 6:10
  11. 11And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who that, as I would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.Compare translations of Nehemiah 6:11
  12. 12And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.Compare translations of Nehemiah 6:12
  13. 13Therefore he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and they might have for an evil report, that they might reproach me.Compare translations of Nehemiah 6:13
  14. 14My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.Compare translations of Nehemiah 6:14
  15. 15So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth of Elul, in fifty and two days.Compare translations of Nehemiah 6:15
  16. 16And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard and all the heathen that about us saw they were much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God.Compare translations of Nehemiah 6:16
  17. 17Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and of Tobiah came unto them.Compare translations of Nehemiah 6:17
  18. 18For many in Judah sworn unto him, because he the son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.Compare translations of Nehemiah 6:18
  19. 19Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him. Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.Compare translations of Nehemiah 6:19