Nehemiah 6:5 - Forerunner Commentary

Nehemiah 6:5

3 So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and go down to you?”

4 But they sent me this message four times, and I answered them in the same manner.

5 Then Sanballat sent his servant to me as before, the fifth time, with an open letter in his hand.

6 In it was written:
It is reported among the nations, and¹ Geshem says, that you and the Jews plan to rebel; therefore, according to these rumors, you are rebuilding the wall, ^athat you may be their king.

7 And you have also appointed prophets to proclaim concerning you at Jerusalem, saying, “There is a king in Judah!” Now these matters will be reported to the king. So come, therefore, and let us consult together.

8 Then I sent to him, saying, “No such things as you say are being done, but you invent them in your own heart.”

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.”

Verse Comparison: Nehemiah 6:5

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American Standard Version
Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand,

Amplified® Bible
Then Sanballat sent his servant to me again the fifth time with an open letter.

Contemporary English Version
Finally, Sanballat sent an official to me with an unsealed letter,

Darby English Version
Then sent Sanballat his servant to me in this manner the fifth time, with an open letter in his hand,

Good News Bible
Then Sanballat sent one of his servants to me with a fifth message, this one in the form of an unsealed letter.

King James Version
Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand;

New American Standard Bible
Then Sanballat sent his servant to me in the same manner a fifth time with an open letter in his hand.

New International Version
Then, the fifth time, Sanballat sent his aide to me with the same message, and in his hand was an unsealed letter

New King James Version
Then Sanballat sent his servant to me as before, the fifth time, with an open letter in his hand.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then Sanballat sent his servant to me in the same manner a fifth time with an open letter in his hand.

Revised Standard Version
In the same way Sanbal'lat for the fifth time sent his servant to me with an open letter in his hand.

Young's Literal Translation
And Sanballat sendeth unto me, according to this word, a fifth time, his servant, and an open letter in his hand;

New English Translation
The fifth time that Sanballat sent his assistant to me in this way, he had an open letter in his hand.

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