Verse 5
Nehemiah 6:5
King James Version
5
Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth 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.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 6 Context
1
Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies...
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2
That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in
some one of the villag...
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3
And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I
am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why sh...
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4
Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.
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5
Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his han...
6
Wherein
was written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith
it, that thou and the Jews t...
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7
And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying,
There is a king in Jud...
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8
Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them o...
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9
For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not don...
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10
Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who
was shut u...
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11
And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who
is there,
that,
being as I
am, would go into the t...
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12
And, lo, I perceived that God (Elohim) had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy agains...
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13
Therefore
was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and
that they might have
matter...
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14
My God (Elohim), think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the pro...
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15
So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth
day of
the month Elul, in fifty and two days.
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16
And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard
thereof,
and all the heathen that
were about u...
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17
Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and
the letters of Tobiah...
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18
For
there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he
was the son in law of Shechaniah the son of...
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19
Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him.
And Tobiah sent letters to...
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