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Nehemiah 6:11
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9 For they all were trying to make us afraid, saying, “Their hands will be weakened in the work, and it will not be done.” Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.
10 Afterward I came to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was a secret informer; and he said, “Let us meet together in the house of God, within the1 temple, and let us close the doors of the temple, for they are coming to kill you; indeed, at night they will come to kill you.”  
11 And I said, “Should such a man as I flee? And who is there such as I who would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in!”
12 Then I perceived that God had not sent him at all, but that ahe pronounced this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.  
13 For this reason he was hired, that I should be afraid and act that way and sin, so that they might have cause for an evil report, that they might reproach me.
14 aMy God, remember Tobiah and Sanballat, according to these their works, and the bprophetess Noadiah and the rest of the prophets who would have made me afraid.  

The Wall Completed

15 So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of Elul, in fifty-two days.
Verse Comparison: Nehemiah 6:11

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American Standard Version
And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being such as I, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.

Amplified® Bible
But I said, Should such a man as I flee? And what man such as I could go into the temple [where only the priests are allowed to go] and yet live? I will not go in.

Contemporary English Version
I answered, "Why should someone like me have to run and hide in the temple to save my life? I won't go!"

Darby English Version
And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, could go into the temple, and live? I will not go in.

Good News Bible
I answered, "I'm not the kind of person that runs and hides. Do you think I would try to save my life by hiding in the Temple? I won't do it."

King James Version
And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.

New American Standard Bible
But I said, "Should a man like me flee? And could one such as I go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in."

New International Version
But I said, "Should a man like me run away? Or should one like me go into the temple to save his life? I will not go!"

New King James Version
And I said, “Should such a man as I flee? And who is there such as I who would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in!”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
But I said, "Should a man like me flee? And could one such as I go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in."

Revised Standard Version
But I said, "Should such a man as I flee? And what man such as I could go into the temple and live? I will not go in."

Young's Literal Translation
And I say, `A man such as I -- doth he flee? and who as I, that doth go in unto the temple, and live? -- I do not go in.'


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