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Nehemiah 6:17
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The Wall Completed

15 So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of Elul, in fifty-two days.
16 And it happened, awhen all our enemies heard of it, and all the nations around us saw these things, that they were very disheartened in their own eyes; for bthey perceived that this work was done by our God.  
17 Also in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came to them.
18 For many in Judah were pledged to him, because he was the ason-in-law of Shechaniah the son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan had married the daughter of bMeshullam the son of Berechiah.  
19 Also they reported his good deeds before me, and reported my1 words to him. Tobiah sent letters to frighten me. 
Verse Comparison: Nehemiah 6:17

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American Standard Version
Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and `the letters' of Tobiah came unto them.

Amplified® Bible
Moreover, in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah's letters came to them.

Contemporary English Version
All this time the Jewish leaders and Tobiah had been writing letters back and forth.

Darby English Version
Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobijah, and those of Tobijah came to them.

Good News Bible
During all this time the Jewish leaders had been in correspondence with Tobiah.

King James Version
Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.

New American Standard Bible
Also in those days many letters went from the nobles of Judah to Tobiah, and Tobiah's {letters} came to them.

New International Version
Also, in those days the nobles of Judah were sending many letters to Tobiah, and replies from Tobiah kept coming to them.

New King James Version
Also in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came to them.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Also in those days many letters went from the nobles of Judah to Tobiah, and Tobiah's letters came to them.

Revised Standard Version
Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobi'ah, and Tobi'ah's letters came to them.

Young's Literal Translation
Also, in those days the freemen of Judah are multiplying their letters going unto Tobiah, and those of Tobiah are coming in unto them;


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