Nehemiah 6:19

Moreover, his good deeds, were they telling before me, and, my affairs, were they carrying out to him,—letters, did Tobiah send to put me in fear.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.

In Context

18for, many in Judah, had taken an oath to him, because he was in marriage affinity with Shecaniah son of Arah,—and, Jehohanan his son, had taken the daughter of Meshullam, son of Berechiah.

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Cross References

Nehemiah 6:13to this end, hired, he was, to the end that I might be afraid and do so, and might sin,—and it might serve them for an evil report, to the end they might bring reproach upon me.

Isaiah 37:10Thus, shall ye surely speak unto Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom, thou, art trusting, beguile thee, saying,—Jerusalem, shall not be given over, into the hand of the king of Assyria.

John 15:19If, of the world, ye had been, the world, of its own, had been fond; but, because, of the world, ye are not, on the contrary, I, chose you out of the world, therefore, the world, doth hate you.

1 John 4:5They, are, of the world: For this cause, of the world, they speak, and the world, unto them, doth hearken.

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 6:16-19

The Completion of the Wall. ( b. c. 445.) 15 So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days. 16 And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof, and all the heathen that were about us saw these things, they were much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God. 17 Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them. 18 For there were many in Judah… Read the whole commentary →

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