Nehemiah 6:4

And they send to me, according to this word, four times, and I return them [word] according to this word.

Literal Standard Version

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 send to them messengers, saying, “A great work I am doing, and I am not able to come down; why does the work cease when I let it alone, and have come down to you?”

5And Sanballat sends to me, according to this word, a fifth time, his servant, and an open letter in his hand;

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Cross References

Judges 16:10And Delilah says to Samson, “Behold, you have played on me, and speak lies to me; now, please declare to me with what you are bound.”

Proverbs 7:21She turns him aside with the abundance of her speech, || She forces him with the flattery of her lips.

Luke 18:5yet because this widow gives me trouble, I will do her justice, lest, continuously coming, she may bruise me.”

Galatians 2:5to whom not even for an hour we gave place by subjection, that the truth of the good news might remain to 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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