Nehemiah 6:4

Yet they sent unto me, according to this message, four times,—and I replied to them according to this answer.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

3So I sent unto them messengers, saying, A great work, am, I, doing, and cannot come down,—wherefore should the work cease whilst I leave it, and come down unto you?

5Then Sanballat sent unto me, according to this message, a fifth time, by his young man,—with an open letter, in his hand:

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Cross References

Judges 16:10And Delilah said unto Samson, Lo! thou hast been laughing at me, and speaking unto me falsehoods,—Now, do tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.

Proverbs 7:21She turneth him aside, with her great persuasiveness,—with the flattery of her lips, she compelleth him:

Luke 18:5Yet, if only because this widow annoyeth me, I will vindicate her,—lest, persistently coming, she wholly wear me out.

Galatians 2:5Unto whom, not even for an hour, gave we place by the [required] submission,—in order that, the truth of the glad-message, might still abide 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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