Nehemiah 6:17

Nehemiah 6:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.
• New International Version (NIV)Also, in those days the nobles of Judah were sending many letters to Tobiah, and replies from Tobiah kept coming to them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Moreover, in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah's letters came to them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Also in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came to them.

Context of Nehemiah 6:17

15We finished the city's wall on the 25th day of the month Elul. It had taken 52 days to build the wall again. 16When our enemies heard this news, they were afraid. The people of all the nations who lived near Jerusalem were very afraid. They knew that our God had helped us to finish this great work. During this time, the leaders in Judah were sending letters to Tobiah. Tobiah was also sending his replies to them. 18Many people in Judah had promised to obey Tobiah. That was because his wife was the daughter of Arah's son, Shecaniah. Also, his son Jehohanan had married the daughter of Berekiah's son, Meshullam. 19The leaders would often speak about the good things that Tobiah had done. They would then go and tell Tobiah everything that I had said. So Tobiah continued to send letters to frighten me.

Nehemiah 6:17 word by word

גַּ֣ם׀ בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵ֗ם מַרְבִּ֞ים חֹרֵ֤י יְהוּדָה֙ אִגְּרֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם הוֹלְכ֖וֹת עַל־טוֹבִיָּ֑ה וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר לְטוֹבִיָּ֖ה בָּא֥וֹת אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Moreover in those daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• the noblesחֹרchôr chôr · nobleH2715
• of Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• sentהָלַךְhâlak · to go: sendH1980
• manyרָבָהrâbâh · to multiplyH7235
• lettersאִגֶּ֫רֶת'iggereth · letterH107
• unto Tobiahטוֹבִיָּ֫הוּţôbîyâh ţôbîyâhû · TobiahH2900
• cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935

Cross-references for Nehemiah 6:17

• Nehemiah 3:5The men from Tekoa repaired the next part. But their town's leaders refused to do the hard work.
• Nehemiah 5:7I thought carefully about what they had said. Then I said to the Jewish leaders and officers, ‘You are cheating your own people! You are taking back more money than you have lent to them.’ I told the Jews to come together for a big meeting.
• Nehemiah 13:28Joiada was the son of Eliashib, the leader of the priests. One of Joiada's sons had married a daughter of Sanballat, who came from Horon. I sent Joiada's son away from Jerusalem.
• Micah 7:1I am very sad! I am like someone who comes to trees with no fruit on them. Other people have picked the fruit already. So I am like those people who can only pick the last grapes. Those are the grapes that other people leave behind. Really, there are no grapes there to eat. There are none of the first figs that I like so much.
• Matthew 24:10At that time, many people who believe in me will stop believing. They will put some of my disciples in the power of their rulers. They will hate each other.

Commentaries on Nehemiah 6:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17The nobles of Judah sent many letters - The circumstances marked in this and the following verses show still more clearly the difficulties which Nehemiah had to encounter; he had enemies without and false friends within. A treacherous correspondence was carried on between the nobles of Judah and the Ammonites; and had almost any other man been at the head of the Jewish affairs, Jerusalem had never been re-established.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-19Verses 15-19 The wall was begun and finished in fifty-two days, though they rested on the sabbaths. A great deal of work may be done in a little time, if we set about it in earnest, and keep close to it. See the mischief of marrying with strangers. When men once became akin to Tobiah, they soon became sworn to him. A sinful love leads to a sinful league. The enemy of souls employs many instruments, and forms many projects, to bring reproach on the active…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-19After solving the financial crisis (see Nehemiah 5), the story shifts back to how those against rebuilding tried to scare or stop Nehemiah.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-192-4. Then Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me--The Samaritan leaders, convinced that they could not overcome Nehemiah by open arms, resolved to gain advantage over him by deceit and stratagem. With this in view, under pretext of terminating their differences in an amicable manner, they invited him to a conference. The place of rendezvous was fixed "in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono." "In the villages" is, Hebrew, "in Cephirim," or "Chephirah,"…Read the comment

Topics related to Nehemiah 6:17

• Influence
• Tobiah

In the dictionaries

• Judah
• Judah, kingdom of Judah
• Judea, Judah
• Feign
• Noble
• Tobiah
• Epistle
• Noble; Nobles; Nobleman
• Versions, Georgian, Gothic, Slavonic

Commentaries on Nehemiah 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings