Verse 3
Nehemiah 6:3
Noah Webster Bible
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And I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?
Original Language Text
hebrew
וָ/אֶשְׁלְחָ֨/ה עֲלֵי/הֶ֤ם מַלְאָכִים֙ לֵ/אמֹ֔ר מְלָאכָ֤ה גְדוֹלָה֙ אֲנִ֣י עֹשֶׂ֔ה וְ/לֹ֥א אוּכַ֖ל לָ/רֶ֑דֶת לָ֣/מָּה תִשְׁבַּ֤ת הַ/מְּלָאכָה֙ כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֣ר אַרְפֶּ֔/הָ וְ/יָרַדְתִּ֖י אֲלֵי/כֶֽם
English Translation
And I will send messengers to them saying, "I am doing a great work, and I cannot come down. Why should the work cease just as I am finishing it? I will go down to you."
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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That Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages...
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3
And I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why shou...
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Yet they sent to me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.
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5
Then Sanballat sent his servant to me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand;
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6
In which was written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it , that thou and the Jews...
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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 to him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out...
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9
For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it may not be...
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10
Afterward I came to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up;...
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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...
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12
And lo, I perceived that God (Elohim) had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against...
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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 of it , and all the heathen that were about us...
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17
Moreover, in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah c...
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18
For there were many in Judah sworn to him, because he was the son-in-law of Shechaniah the son of Ar...
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Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to...
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