Nehemiah 6:4

And they sent to me according to this word, four times: and I answered them after the same manner.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

3And I sent messengers to them, saying: I am doing a great work, and I cannot come down, lest it be neglected whilst I come, and go down to you.

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

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Cross References

Judges 16:10And Dalila said to him: Behold thou hast mocked me, and hast told me a false thing: but now at least tell me wherewith thou mayest be bound.

Proverbs 7:21She entangled him with many words, and drew him away with the flattery of her lips.

Luke 18:5Yet because this widow is troublesome to me, I will avenge her, lest continually coming she weary me.

Galatians 2:5To whom we yielded not by subjection, no not for an hour, that the truth of the gospel might continue 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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