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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.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

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.

Nehemiah 6:6 Or, Geshem
Nehemiah 6:17 Heb. multiplied letters passing to Tobiah
Nehemiah 6:19 Or, matters

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Nehemiah 6 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () ἐγένετο () καθὼς () ἠκούσθη () τῷ () Σαναβαλλατ καὶ () Τωβια καὶ () τῷ () Γησαμ τῷ () Αραβι καὶ () τοῖς () καταλοίποις () τῶν () ἐχθρῶν () ἡμῶν () ὅτι () ᾠκοδόμησα () τὸ () τεῖχος, () καὶ () οὐ () κατελείφθη () ἐν () αὐτοῖς () πνοή. () Ἕως () τοῦ () καιροῦ () ἐκείνου () θύρας () οὐκ () ἐπέστησα () ἐν () ταῖς () πύλαις. ()
[2] Καὶ () ἀπέστειλεν () Σαναβαλλατ καὶ () Γησαμ πρός () με () λέγων () Δεῦρο () καὶ () συναχθῶμεν () ἐπὶ () τὸ () αὐτὸ () ἐν () ταῖς () κώμαις () ἐν () πεδίῳ Ωνω· καὶ () αὐτοὶ () λογιζόμενοι () ποιῆσαί () μοι () πονηρίαν. ()
[3] Καὶ () ἀπέστειλα () ἐπ’ () αὐτοὺς () ἀγγέλους () λέγων () Ἔργον () μέγα () ἐγὼ () ποιῶ () καὶ () οὐ () δυνήσομαι () καταβῆναι, () μήποτε () καταπαύσῃ () τὸ () ἔργον· () ὡς () ἂν () τελειώσω () αὐτό, () καταβήσομαι () πρὸς () ὑμᾶς. ()
[4] Καὶ () ἀπέστειλαν () πρός () με () ὡς () τὸ () ῥῆμα () τοῦτο, () καὶ () ἀπέστειλα () αὐτοῖς () κατὰ () ταῦτα. ()
[5] Καὶ () ἀπέστειλεν () πρός () με () Σαναβαλλατ τὸν () παῖδα () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἐπιστολὴν () ἀνεῳγμένην () ἐν () χειρὶ () αὐτοῦ. ()
[6] Καὶ () ἦν () γεγραμμένον () ἐν () αὐτῇ () Ἐν () ἔθνεσιν () ἠκούσθη () ὅτι () σὺ () καὶ () οἱ () Ιουδαῖοι () λογίζεσθε () ἀποστατῆσαι, διὰ () τοῦτο () σὺ () οἰκοδομεῖς () τὸ () τεῖχος, () καὶ () σὺ () γίνῃ () αὐτοῖς () εἰς () βασιλέα· ()
[7] καὶ () πρὸς () τούτοις () προφήτας () ἔστησας () σεαυτῷ, () ἵνα () καθίσῃς () ἐν () Ιερουσαλημ () εἰς () βασιλέα () ἐν () Ιουδα· καὶ () νῦν () ἀπαγγελήσονται () τῷ () βασιλεῖ () οἱ () λόγοι () οὗτοι· () καὶ () νῦν () δεῦρο () βουλευσώμεθα () ἐπὶ () τὸ () αὐτό. ()
[8] Καὶ () ἀπέστειλα () πρὸς () αὐτὸν () λέγων () Οὐκ () ἐγενήθη () ὡς () οἱ () λόγοι () οὗτοι, () οὓς () σὺ () λέγεις, () ὅτι () ἀπὸ () καρδίας () σου () σὺ () ψεύδῃ () αὐτούς. ()
[9] Ὅτι () πάντες () φοβερίζουσιν ἡμᾶς () λέγοντες () Ἐκλυθήσονται () αἱ () χεῖρες () αὐτῶν () ἀπὸ () τοῦ () ἔργου () τούτου, () καὶ () οὐ () ποιηθήσεται· () καὶ () νῦν () ἐκραταίωσα () τὰς () χεῖράς () μου. ()
[10] Καὶ () ἐγὼ () εἰσῆλθον () εἰς () οἶκον () Σεμει () υἱοῦ () Δαλαια υἱοῦ () Μεηταβηλ—καὶ () αὐτὸς () συνεχόμενος ()—καὶ () εἶπεν () Συναχθῶμεν () εἰς () οἶκον () τοῦ () θεοῦ () ἐν () μέσῳ () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () κλείσωμεν () τὰς () θύρας () αὐτοῦ, () ὅτι () ἔρχονται () νυκτὸς () φονεῦσαί () σε. ()
[11] Καὶ () εἶπα () Τίς () ἐστιν () ὁ () ἀνήρ, () ὃς () εἰσελεύσεται () εἰς () τὸν () οἶκον () καὶ () ζήσεται; ()
[12] Καὶ () ἐπέγνων () καὶ () ἰδοὺ () ὁ () θεὸς () οὐκ () ἀπέστειλεν () αὐτόν, () ὅτι () ἡ () προφητεία () λόγος () κατ’ () ἐμοῦ, () καὶ () Τωβιας καὶ () Σαναβαλλατ ἐμισθώσαντο ()
[13] ἐπ’ () ἐμὲ () ὄχλον, () ὅπως () φοβηθῶ () καὶ () ποιήσω () οὕτως () καὶ () ἁμάρτω () καὶ () γένωμαι () αὐτοῖς () εἰς () ὄνομα () πονηρόν, () ὅπως () ὀνειδίσωσίν () με. ()—
[14] μνήσθητι, () ὁ () θεός, () τῷ () Τωβια καὶ () τῷ () Σαναβαλλατ ὡς () τὰ () ποιήματα () αὐτοῦ () ταῦτα () καὶ () τῷ () Νωαδια τῷ () προφήτῃ () καὶ () τοῖς () καταλοίποις () τῶν () προφητῶν, () οἳ () ἦσαν () φοβερίζοντές με. ()
[15] Καὶ () ἐτελέσθη () τὸ () τεῖχος () πέμπτῃ () καὶ () εἰκάδι τοῦ () Ελουλ εἰς () πεντήκοντα () καὶ () δύο () ἡμέρας. ()
[16] Καὶ () ἐγένετο () ἡνίκα () ἤκουσαν () πάντες () οἱ () ἐχθροὶ () ἡμῶν, () καὶ () ἐφοβήθησαν () πάντα () τὰ () ἔθνη () τὰ () κύκλῳ () ἡμῶν, () καὶ () ἐπέπεσεν () φόβος () σφόδρα () ἐν () ὀφθαλμοῖς () αὐτῶν, () καὶ () ἔγνωσαν () ὅτι () παρὰ () τοῦ () θεοῦ () ἡμῶν () ἐγενήθη () τελειωθῆναι () τὸ () ἔργον () τοῦτο. ()—
[17] καὶ () ἐν () ταῖς () ἡμέραις () ἐκείναις () ἀπὸ () πολλῶν () ἐντίμων () Ιουδα ἐπιστολαὶ () ἐπορεύοντο () πρὸς () Τωβιαν, καὶ () αἱ () Τωβια ἤρχοντο () πρὸς () αὐτούς, ()
[18] ὅτι () πολλοὶ () ἐν () Ιουδα ἔνορκοι ἦσαν () αὐτῷ, () ὅτι () γαμβρὸς ἦν () τοῦ () Σεχενια υἱοῦ () Ηραε, καὶ () Ιωαναν () υἱὸς () αὐτοῦ () ἔλαβεν () τὴν () θυγατέρα () Μεσουλαμ υἱοῦ () Βαραχια () εἰς () γυναῖκα. ()
[19] Καὶ () τοὺς () λόγους () αὐτοῦ () ἦσαν () λέγοντες () πρός () με () καὶ () λόγους () μου () ἦσαν () ἐκφέροντες () αὐτῷ, () καὶ () ἐπιστολὰς () ἀπέστειλεν () Τωβιας φοβερίσαι με. ()

Nehemiah 6:1 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 16:1.
Nehemiah 6:2 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 16:2.
Nehemiah 6:3 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 16:3.
Nehemiah 6:4 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 16:4.
Nehemiah 6:5 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 16:5.
Nehemiah 6:6 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 16:6.
Nehemiah 6:7 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 16:7.
Nehemiah 6:8 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 16:8.
Nehemiah 6:9 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 16:9.
Nehemiah 6:10 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 16:10.
Nehemiah 6:11 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 16:11.
Nehemiah 6:12 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 16:12.
Nehemiah 6:13 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 16:13.
Nehemiah 6:14 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 16:14.
Nehemiah 6:15 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 16:15.
Nehemiah 6:16 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 16:16.
Nehemiah 6:17 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 16:17.
Nehemiah 6:18 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 16:18.
Nehemiah 6:19 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 16:19.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.