Verse 9
Nehemiah 6:9
World English Bible, British Edition
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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.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּ֣י כֻלָּ֗/ם מְיָֽרְאִ֤ים אוֹתָ֨/נוּ֙ לֵ/אמֹ֔ר יִרְפּ֧וּ יְדֵי/הֶ֛ם מִן הַ/מְּלָאכָ֖ה וְ/לֹ֣א תֵעָשֶׂ֑ה וְ/עַתָּ֖ה חַזֵּ֥ק אֶת יָדָֽ/י
English Translation
For all of them are afraid of us, saying, "Their hands will weaken from the work and it will not be done." And now strengthen my hands.
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Chapter 6 Context
1
Now when it was reported to Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arabian, and to
the rest of our enemies th...
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2
Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, “Come! Let’s meet together in
the villages in the plain of...
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3
I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work, so
that I can’t come down. Why should t...
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4
They sent to me four times like this; and I answered them the same
way.
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5
Then Sanballat sent his servant to me the same way the fifth time with
an open letter in his hand,
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6
in which was written, “It is reported amongst the nations, and Gashmu
says it, that you and the Jews...
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7
You have also appointed prophets to proclaim of you at Jerusalem, saying,
‘There is a king in Judah!...
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8
Then I sent to him, saying, “There are no such things done as you
say, but you imagine them out of y...
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9
For they all would have made us afraid, saying, “Their hands will be weakened
from the work, that it...
10
I went to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of
Mehetabel, who was shut in at his home...
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11
I said, “Should a man like me flee? Who is there that, being
such as I, would go into the temple to...
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12
I discerned, and behold, God (Elohim) had not sent him, but he pronounced this
prophecy against me....
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13
He was hired so that I would be afraid, do so, and sin, and that they
might have material for an evi...
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14
“Remember, my God (Elohim), Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works,
and also the prophe...
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15
So the wall was finished in the twenty-fifth day of Elul, in
fifty-two days.
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16
When all our enemies heard of it, all the nations that were around us
were afraid, and they lost the...
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17
Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah,
and Tobiah’s letters came to...
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18
For there were many in Judah sworn to him because he was the son-in-law
of Shecaniah the son of Arah...
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19
Also they spoke of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to
him. Tobiah sent letters to pu...
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