Verse 19
Nehemiah 2:19
New Living Translation
19
But when Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem the Arab heard of our plan, they scoffed contemptuously. “What are you doing? Are you rebelling against the king?” they asked.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּשְׁמַע֩ סַנְבַלַּ֨ט הַ/חֹרֹנִ֜י וְ/טֹבִיָּ֣ה הָ/עֶ֣בֶד הָֽ/עַמּוֹנִ֗י וְ/גֶ֨שֶׁם֙ הָֽ/עַרְבִ֔י וַ/יַּלְעִ֣גוּ לָ֔/נוּ וַ/יִּבְז֖וּ עָלֵ֑י/נוּ וַ/יֹּאמְר֗וּ מָֽה הַ/דָּבָ֤ר הַ/זֶּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אַתֶּ֣ם עֹשִׂ֔ים הַ/עַ֥ל הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ אַתֶּ֥ם מֹרְדִֽים
English Translation
And Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant the Ammonite and Geshem the Arabian heard it and they mocked us and despised us and said, "What is this thing that you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?"
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