Nehemiah 6:4

Then they sent to me, with this same word, four times. And I responded to them with the same word as before.

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In The King James Version

Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.

In Context

3Therefore, I sent messengers to them, saying: “I am doing a great work, and I cannot descend, lest perhaps it may be neglected when I go out and descend to you.”

5And Sanballat sent his servant to me a fifth time, with the former word, and he had a letter in his hand written in this manner:

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Cross References

Judges 16:10And Delilah said to him: “Behold, you have mocked me, and you have spoken a falsehood. But at least now, tell me with what you may be bound.”

Proverbs 7:21She enmeshed him with many words, and she drew him forward with the flattery of her lips.

Luke 18:5yet because this widow is pestering me, I will vindicate her, lest by returning, she may, in the end, wear me out.’”

Galatians 2:5We did not yield to them in subjection, even for an hour, in order that the truth of the Gospel would remain with you,

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 6:2-10

The Plot of Sanballat, &c. ( b. c. 445.) 1 Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;) 2 That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief. 3 And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work,… Read the whole commentary →

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