Verse 13
Nehemiah 6:13
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
13
For he had taken money, that I being afraid should do this thing, and sin, and they might have some evil to upbraid me withal.
Original Language Text
hebrew
לְמַ֤עַן שָׂכוּר֙ ה֔וּא לְמַֽעַן אִירָ֥א וְ/אֶֽעֱשֶׂה כֵּ֖ן וְ/חָטָ֑אתִי וְ/הָיָ֤ה לָ/הֶם֙ לְ/שֵׁ֣ם רָ֔ע לְמַ֖עַן יְחָֽרְפֽוּ/נִי
English Translation
For the sake of being drunk, he will be afraid, and I will do so, and I have sinned, and it will be to them for a bad name so that they may reproach me.
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