Verse 5

Nehemiah 6:5

Geneva Bible

5 Then sent Sanballat his seruant after this sorte vnto me the fift time, with an open letter in his hand,

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יִּשְׁלַח֩ אֵלַ֨/י סַנְבַלַּ֜ט כַּ/דָּבָ֥ר הַ/זֶּ֛ה פַּ֥עַם חֲמִישִׁ֖ית אֶֽת נַעֲר֑/וֹ וְ/אִגֶּ֥רֶת פְּתוּחָ֖ה בְּ/יָדֽ/וֹ

English Translation

And Sanballat sent to me this same thing for the fifth time with an open letter in his hand.

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Chapter 6 Context

1 And when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had... Focus ↗

2 Then sent Sanballat and Geshem vnto me, saying, Come thou that we may meete together in the villages... Focus ↗

3 Therefore I sent messengers vnto them, saying, I haue a great worke to doe, and I can not come downe... Focus ↗

4 Yet they sent vnto me foure times after this sort. And I answered them after the same maner. Focus ↗

5 Then sent Sanballat his seruant after this sorte vnto me the fift time, with an open letter in his h...

6 Wherein was written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu hath sayd it, that thou and the Ie... Focus ↗

7 Thou hast also ordeyned the Prophets to preach of thee at Ierusalem, saying, There is a King in Iuda... Focus ↗

8 Then I sent vnto him, saying, It is not done according to these wordes that thou sayest: for thou fe... Focus ↗

9 For all they afrayed vs, saying, Their handes shalbe weakened from the worke, and it shall not be do... Focus ↗

10 And I came to the house of Shemaiah the sonne of Delaiah the sonne of Mehetabeel, and he was shut vp... Focus ↗

11 Then I said, Should such a man as I, flee? Who is he, being as I am, that would go into the Temple t... Focus ↗

12 And loe, I perceiued, that God (Elohim) had not sent him, but that he pronounced this prophecie agai... Focus ↗

13 Therefore was he hyred, that I might be afrayde, and doe thus, and sinne, and that they might haue a... Focus ↗

14 My God (Elohim), remember thou Tobiah, and Sanballat according vnto these their workes, and Noadiah... Focus ↗

15 Notwithstanding the wall was finished on the fiue and twentieth day of Elul, in two and fiftie dayes... Focus ↗

16 And when all our enemies heard thereof, euen all the heathen that were about vs, they were afraid, a... Focus ↗

17 And in these dayes were there many of the princes of Iudah, whose letters went vnto Tobiah, and thos... Focus ↗

18 For there were many in Iudah, that were sworne vnto him: for he was the sonne in lawe of Shechaniah,... Focus ↗

19 Yea, they spake in his praise before me, and tolde him my wordes, and Tobiah sent letters to put me... Focus ↗

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