Nehemiah 6:4

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

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 unto them, saying: 'I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down; why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?'

5Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand;

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Cross References

Judges 16:10And Delilah said unto Samson: 'Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies; now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.'

Proverbs 7:21With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield, with the blandishment of her lips she enticeth him away.

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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