Nehemiah 6 – Bible | Equip God’s People

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^[1] Now when it was reported to Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arabian, and to the rest of our enemies that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left in it (though even to that time I had not set up the doors in the gates), ^[2] Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, “Come! Let’s meet together in the villages in the plain of Ono.” But they intended to harm me. ^[3] I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work, so that I can’t come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and come down to you?” ^[4] They sent to me four times like this; and I answered them the same way. ^[5] Then Sanballat sent his servant to me the same way the fifth time with an open letter in his hand, ^[6] in which was written, “It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu says it, that you and the Jews intend to rebel. Because of that, you are building the wall. You would be their king, according to these words. ^[7] You have also appointed prophets to proclaim of you at Jerusalem, saying, ‘There is a king in Judah!’ Now it will be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let’s take counsel together.” ^[8] Then I sent to him, saying, “There are no such things done as you say, but you imagine them out of your own heart.” ^[9] For they all would have made us afraid, saying, “Their hands will be weakened from the work, that it not be done.” But now, strengthen my hands. ^[10] I went to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, who was shut in at his home; and he said, “Let us meet together in God’s house, within the temple, and let’s shut the doors of the temple; for they will come to kill you. Yes, in the night they will come to kill you.” ^[11] I said, “Should a man like me flee? Who is there that, being such as I, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.” ^[12] I discerned, and behold, God had not sent him, but he pronounced this prophecy against me. Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. ^[13] He was hired so that I would be afraid, do so, and sin, and that they might have material for an evil report, that they might reproach me. ^[14] “Remember, my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also the prophetess Noadiah and the rest of the prophets that would have put me in fear.” ^[15] So the wall was finished in the twenty-fifth day of Elul, in fifty-two days. ^[16] When all our enemies heard of it, all the nations that were around us were afraid, and they lost their confidence; for they perceived that this work was done by our God. ^[17] Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters came to them. ^[18] For there were many in Judah sworn to him because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah the son of Arah; and his son Jehohanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah as wife. ^[19] Also they spoke of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.

King James Version

^[1] Now it came to pass, when Sanballat,H5571 and Tobiah,H2900 and GeshemH1654 the Arabian,H6163 and the restH3499 of our enemies,H341(QalActPtc) heardH8085(NiphPerf) that I had buildedH1129(QalPerf) the wall,H2346 and [that] there was no breachH6556 leftH3498(NiphPerf) therein; (thoughH1571 at that timeH6256 I had not set upH5975(HiphPerf) the doorsH1817 upon the gates;H8179) ^[2] That SanballatH5571 and GeshemH1654 sentH7971(QalImpf) unto me, saying,H559(QalInf) Come,H3212(QalImpv) let us meetH3259(NiphImpf) togetherH3162 in [some one of] the villagesH3715 in the plainH1237 of Ono.H207 But they thoughtH2803(QalActPtc) to doH6213(QalInf) me mischief.H7451 ^[3] And I sentH7971(QalImpf) messengersH4397 unto them, saying,H559(QalInf) I [am] doingH6213(QalActPtc) a greatH1419 work,H4399 so that I cannotH3201(QalImpf) come down:H3381(QalInf) why should the workH4399 cease,H7673(QalImpf) whilstH834 I leaveH7503(HiphImpf) it, and come downH3381(QalPerf) to you? ^[4] Yet they sentH7971(QalImpf) unto me fourH702 timesH6471 after this sort;H1697 and I answeredH7725(HiphImpf) them after the same manner.H1697 ^[5] Then sentH7971(QalImpf) SanballatH5571 his servantH5288 unto me in like mannerH1697 the fifthH2549 timeH6471 with an openH6605(QalPasPtc) letterH107 in his hand;H3027 ^[6] Wherein [was] written,H3789(QalPasPtc) It is reportedH8085(NiphPerf) among the heathen,H1471 and GashmuH1654 saithH559(QalActPtc) [it, that] thou and the JewsH3064 thinkH2803(QalActPtc) to rebel:H4775(QalInf) for which causeH3651 thou buildestH1129(QalActPtc) the wall,H2346 that thou mayest beH1933(QalActPtc) their king,H4428 according to these words.H1697 ^[7] And thou hast also appointedH5975(HiphPerf) prophetsH5030 to preachH7121(QalInf) of thee at Jerusalem,H3389 saying,H559(QalInf) [There is] a kingH4428 in Judah:H3063 and now shall it be reportedH8085(NiphImpf) to the kingH4428 according to these words.H1697 ComeH3212(QalImpv) now therefore, and let us take counselH3289(NiphImpf) together.H3162 ^[8] Then I sentH7971(QalImpf) unto him, saying,H559(QalInf) There areH1961 no such thingsH1697 doneH1961(NiphPerf) as thou sayest,H559(QalActPtc) but thou feignestH908(QalActPtc) them out of thine own heart.H3820 ^[9] For they all made us afraid,H3372(PielPtc) saying,H559(QalInf) Their handsH3027 shall be weakenedH7503(QalImpf) from the work,H4399 that it be not done.H6213(NiphImpf) Now therefore, [O God], strengthenH2388(PielImpv) my hands.H3027 ^[10] Afterward I cameH935(QalPerf) unto the houseH1004 of ShemaiahH8098 the sonH1121 of DelaiahH1806 the sonH1121 of Mehetabeel,H4105 who [was] shut up;H6113(QalPasPtc) and he said,H559(QalImpf) Let us meet togetherH3259(NiphImpf) in the houseH1004 of God,H430 withinH8432 the temple,H1964 and let us shutH5462(QalImpf) the doorsH1817 of the temple:H1964 for they will comeH935(QalActPtc) to slayH2026(QalInf) thee; yea, in the nightH3915 will they comeH935(QalActPtc) to slayH2026(QalInf) thee. ^[11] And I said,H559(QalImpf) Should suchH3644 a manH376 as I flee?H1272(QalImpf) and who [is there], that, [being] as I [am], would goH935(QalImpf) into the templeH1964 to save his life?H2425(QalPerf) I will not go in.H935(QalImpf) ^[12] And, lo, I perceivedH5234(HiphImpf) that GodH430 had not sentH7971(QalPerf) him; but that he pronouncedH1696(PielPerf) this prophecyH5016 against me: for TobiahH2900 and SanballatH5571 had hiredH7936(QalPerf) him. ^[13] Therefore [was] he hired,H7936(QalPasPtc) that I should be afraid,H3372(QalImpf) and do so,H6213(QalImpf) and sin,H2398(QalPerf) and [that] they might have [matter] for an evilH7451 report,H8034 that they might reproachH2778(PielImpf) me. ^[14] My God,H430 thinkH2142(QalImpv) thou upon TobiahH2900 and SanballatH5571 according to these their works,H4639 and on the prophetessH5031 Noadiah,H5129 and the restH3499 of the prophets,H5030 that would have put me in fear.H3372(PielPtc) ^[15] So the wallH2346 was finishedH7999(QalImpf) in the twentyH6242 and fifthH2568 [day] of [the month] Elul,H435 in fiftyH2572 and twoH8147 days.H3117 ^[16] And it came to pass, that when all our enemiesH341(QalActPtc) heardH8085(QalPerf) [thereof], and all the heathenH1471 that [were] about usH5439 sawH7200(QalImpf) [these things], they were muchH3966 cast downH5307(QalImpf) in their own eyes:H5869 for they perceivedH3045(QalImpf) that this workH4399 was wroughtH6213(NiphPerf) of our God.H430 ^[17] Moreover in those daysH3117 the noblesH2715 of JudahH3063 sentH1980(QalActPtc) manyH7235(HiphPtc) lettersH107 unto Tobiah,H2900 and [the letters] of TobiahH2900 cameH935(QalActPtc) unto them. ^[18] For [there were] manyH7227 in JudahH3063 swornH1167 unto him, because he [was] the son in lawH2860 of ShechaniahH7935 the sonH1121 of Arah;H733 and his sonH1121 JohananH3076 had takenH3947(QalPerf) the daughterH1323 of MeshullamH4918 the sonH1121 of Berechiah.H1296 ^[19] Also they reportedH559(QalActPtc) his good deedsH2896 beforeH6440 me, and utteredH3318(HiphPtc) my wordsH1697 to him. [And] TobiahH2900 sentH7971(QalPerf) lettersH107 to put me in fear.H3372(PielInf)

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