Nehemiah 6:19
Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.
Nehemiah 6:19 in other translations
| BSB | Moreover, these nobles kept reporting to me Tobiah’s good deeds, and they relayed my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to intimidate me. |
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| WEB | Also they spoke of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear. |
| ASV | Also they spake of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear. |
| YLT | also, his good deeds they have been saying before me, and my words they have been taking out to him; letters hath Tobiah sent to make me afraid. |
| DARBY | Also they spoke of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. And Tobijah sent letters to put me in fear. |
| BBE | And they said much before me of the good he had done, and gave him accounts of my words. And Tobiah sent letters with the purpose of causing me fear. |
| Webster | Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear. |
What does Nehemiah 6:19 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Nehemiah 6:15-19
The wall was begun and finished in fifty-two days, though they rested on the sabbaths. A great deal of work may be done in a little time, if we set about it in earnest, and keep close to it. See the mischief of marrying with strangers. When men once became akin to Tobiah, they soon became sworn to him. A sinful love leads to a sinful league. The enemy of souls employs many instruments, and forms many projects, to…
Nehemiah 6:19 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Nehemiah 6:19
- Acts 4:18-21
And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye. For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard. So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for all men glorified God for that which was done.
- Nehemiah 6:9
For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.
- Isaiah 37:10-14
Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered? Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar? Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? …
- Proverbs 28:4
They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
- Nehemiah 6:13
Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.
- 1 John 4:5
They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
- John 15:19
If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
- John 7:7
The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
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Pr 28:4; Joh 7:7; 15:19; 1Jo 4:5
words. or, matters. to put.
9,13; Isa 37:10-14; Ac 4:18-21
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Context
- Nehemiah 6:18
For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.
- Nehemiah 6:19
Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.
Nehemiah 6:19 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | También contaban delante de mí sus buenas obras, y referíanle mis palabras. Y enviaba Tobías cartas para atemorizarme. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Ils disaient aussi devant moi ses bonnes actions, et ils lui rapportaient mes paroles. Tobija envoyait des lettres pour m’effrayer. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Auch redeten sie vor mir von seinen guten Taten und hinterbrachten ihm meine Worte; und Tobija sandte Briefe, um mich in Furcht zu setzen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | sed et laudabant eum coram me, et verba mea nuntiabant ei: et Tobias mittebat epistolas ut terreret me. |