New American Standard Bible 1995
Nehemiah 6:7-14
7You have alsoH1571 appointedH5975 prophetsH5030 to proclaimH7121 in JerusalemH3389 concerningH5921 1you, ‘A kingH4428 is in JudahH3063!’ And nowH6258 it will be reportedH8085 to the kingH4428 according to theseH428 reportsH1697. So comeH1980 nowH6258, let us takeH3289 counselH3289 togetherH3164.” 8Then I sentH7971 a message to him sayingH559, “SuchH428 thingsH1697 as you are sayingH559 have not beenH1961 doneH1961, but you are 2inventingH908 them 3in your own mindH3820.” 9For allH3605 of them were trying to frightenH3372 us, 4thinkingH559, “5They will becomeH3027H7503 discouragedH7503H3027 with the workH4399 and it will not be doneH6213.” But nowH6258, 6O God, strengthenH2388 my handsH3027.
10When I enteredH935 the houseH1004 of ShemaiahH8098 the sonH1121 of DelaiahH1806, sonH1121 of MehetabelH4105, 7whoH1931 was 8confinedH6113 at home, he saidH559, “Let us meetH3259 togetherH3259 in the houseH1004 of GodH430, withinH8432 the templeH1964, and let us closeH5462 the doorsH1817 of the templeH1964, for they are comingH935 to killH2026 you, and they are comingH935 to killH2026 you at nightH3915.” 11But I saidH559, “9Should a manH376 likeH3644 me fleeH1272? And could one suchH3644 as I goH935 into the templeH1964 10to saveH2421 his lifeH2421? I will not goH935 in.” 12Then I perceivedH5234 11that surelyH2009 GodH430 had not sentH7971 him, but he utteredH1696 his prophecyH5016 againstH5921 me because TobiahH2900 and SanballatH5571 had hiredH7936 him. 13He was hiredH7936 for thisH4616 reasonH4616, 12that I might becomeH3372 frightenedH3372 and actH6213 accordinglyH3651 and sinH2398, so that they might haveH1961 an evilH7451 reportH8034 in orderH4616 that they could reproachH2778 me. 1413RememberH2142, O my GodH430, TobiahH2900 and SanballatH5571 according to theseH428 worksH4639 of theirs, and alsoH1571 NoadiahH5129 14the prophetessH5031 and the restH3499 of the prophetsH5030 whoH834 were trying to frightenH3372 me.
Notes
- 1. Nehemiah 6:7 Lit you, saying ↩
- 2. Nehemiah 6:8 Job 13:4; Ps 52:2 ↩
- 3. Nehemiah 6:8 Lit from your heart ↩
- 4. Nehemiah 6:9 Lit saying, ↩
- 5. Nehemiah 6:9 Lit Their hands will drop from ↩
- 6. Nehemiah 6:9 Ps 138:3 ↩
- 7. Nehemiah 6:10 Jer 36:5 ↩
- 8. Nehemiah 6:10 Lit shut up ↩
- 9. Nehemiah 6:11 Prov 28:1 ↩
- 10. Nehemiah 6:11 Lit and live ↩
- 11. Nehemiah 6:12 Lit and behold God ↩
- 12. Nehemiah 6:13 Neh 6:6 ↩
- 13. Nehemiah 6:14 Neh 13:29 ↩
- 14. Nehemiah 6:14 Ezek 13:17 ↩
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
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