Verse 6
Nehemiah 6:6
Bible in Basic English
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And in it these words were recorded: It is said among the nations, and Geshem says so, that you and the Jews are hoping to make yourselves free from the king's authority; and that this is why you are building the wall: and they say that it is your purpose to be their king;
Original Language Text
hebrew
כָּת֣וּב בָּ֗/הּ בַּ/גּוֹיִ֤ם נִשְׁמָע֙ וְ/גַשְׁמ֣וּ אֹמֵ֔ר אַתָּ֤ה וְ/הַ/יְּהוּדִים֙ חֹשְׁבִ֣ים לִ/מְר֔וֹד עַל כֵּ֛ן אַתָּ֥ה בוֹנֶ֖ה הַ/חוֹמָ֑ה וְ/אַתָּ֗ה הֹוֶ֤ה לָ/הֶם֙ לְ/מֶ֔לֶךְ כַּ/דְּבָרִ֖ים הָ/אֵֽלֶּה
English Translation
It is written among the nations, it is heard, and they say: "You and the Jews think to rebel; therefore, you are building the wall, and you will be their king according to these words."
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Chapter 6 Context
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Sanballat and Geshem sent to me saying, Come, let us have a meeting in one of the little towns in th...
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And I sent men to them saying, I am doing a great work, so that it is not possible for me to come do...
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And four times they sent to me in this way, and I sent them the same answer.
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Then Sanballat sent his servant to me a fifth time with an open letter in his hand;
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And in it these words were recorded: It is said among the nations, and Geshem says so, that you and...
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And that you have prophets preaching about you in Jerusalem, and saying, There is a king in Judah: n...
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Then I sent to him, saying, No such things as you say are being done, they are only a fiction you ha...
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For they were hoping to put fear in us, saying, Their hands will become feeble and give up the work...
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And I went to the house of Shemaiah, the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was shut up; and...
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And I said, Am I the sort of man to go in flight? what man, in my position, would go into the Temple...
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Then it became clear to me that God (Elohim) had not sent him: he had given this word of a prophet a...
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For this reason they had given him money, in order that I might be overcome by fear and do what he s...
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Keep in mind, O my God (Elohim), Tobiah and Sanballat and what they did, and Noadiah, the woman prop...
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And when our haters had news of this, all the nations round about us were full of fear and were grea...
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And further, in those days the chiefs of Judah sent a number of letters to Tobiah, and his letters c...
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For in Judah there were a number of people who had made an agreement by oath with him, because he wa...
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