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World English Bible

Nehemiah 6 (WEBP)

[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.

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King James w/Strong’s #s

Nehemiah 6 (KJVS)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

Nehemiah 6 (YLT)

[1] And it cometh to pass, when it hath been heard by Sanballat, and Tobiah, and by Geshem the Arabian, and by the rest of our enemies, that I have builded the wall, and there hath not been left in it a breach, (also, till that time the doors I had not set up in the gates,)
[2] that Sanballat sendeth, also Geshem, unto me, saying, ‘Come and we meet together in the villages, in the valley of Ono;’ and they are thinking to do to me evil.
[3] And I send unto them messengers, saying, ‘A great work I am doing, and I am not able to come down; why doth the work cease when I let it alone, and have come down unto you?’
[4] and they send unto me, according to this word, four times, and I return them word according to this word.
[5] And Sanballat sendeth unto me, according to this word, a fifth time, his servant, and an open letter in his hand;
[6] it is written in it, ‘Among the nations it hath been heard, and Gashmu is saying: Thou and the Jews are thinking to rebel, therefore thou art building the wall, and thou hast been to them for a king-according to these words!
[7] And also, prophets thou hast appointed to call for thee in Jerusalem, saying, A king is in Judah, and now it is heard by the king according to these words; and now come, and we take counsel together.’
[8] And I send unto him, saying, ‘It hath not been according to these words that thou art saying, for from thine own heart thou art devising them;’
[9] for all of them are making us afraid, saying, ‘Their hands are too feeble for the work, and it is not done;’ and now, strengthen Thou my hands.
[10] And I have entered the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabeel-and he is restrained-and he saith, ‘Let us meet at the house of God, at the inside of the temple, and we shut the doors of the temple, for they are coming in to slay thee-yea, by night they are coming in to slay thee.’
[11] And I say, ‘A man such as I-doth he flee? and who as I, that doth go in unto the temple, and live?-I do not go in.’
[12] And I discern, and lo, God hath not sent him, for in the prophecy he hath spoken unto me both Tobiah and Sanballat hired him,
[13] so that he is an hireling, that I may fear and do so, and I had sinned, and it had been to them for an evil name that they may reproach me.
[14] Be mindful, O my God, of Tobiah, and of Sanballat, according to these his works, and also, of Noadiah the prophetess, and of the rest of the prophets who have been making me afraid.
[15] And the wall is completed in the twenty and fifth of Elul, on the fifty and second day;
[16] and it cometh to pass, when all our enemies have heard, and all the nations who are round about us see, that they fall greatly in their own eyes, and know that by our God hath this work been done.
[17] Also, in those days the freemen of Judah are multiplying their letters going unto Tobiah, and those of Tobiah are coming in unto them;
[18] for many in Judah are sworn to him, for he is son-in-law to Shechaniah son of Arah, and Jehohanan his son hath taken the daughter of Meshullam son of Berechiah;
[19] also, his good deeds they have been saying before me, and my words they have been taking out to him; letters hath Tobiah sent to make me afraid.