Nehemiah 6:4
Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.
Nehemiah 6:4 in other translations
| BSB | Four times they sent me the same message, and each time I gave the same reply. |
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| WEB | They sent to me four times like this; and I answered them the same way. |
| ASV | And they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner. |
| YLT | and they send unto me, according to this word, four times, and I return them word according to this word. |
| DARBY | And they sent to me four times after this sort; and I answered them in the same manner. |
| BBE | And four times they sent to me in this way, and I sent them the same answer. |
| Webster | Yet they sent to me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner. |
What does Nehemiah 6:4 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nehemiah 6:2-4
Ne 6:1-19. Sanballat Practises against Nehemiah by Insidious Attempts. 2-4. Then Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me--The Samaritan leaders, convinced that they could not overcome Nehemiah by open arms, resolved to gain advantage over him by deceit and stratagem. With this in view, under pretext of terminating their differences in an amicable manner, they invited him to a conference. The place of rendezvous was fixed…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Nehemiah 6:1-9
Let those who are tempted to idle merry meetings by vain companions, thus answer the temptation, We have work to do, and must not neglect it. We must never suffer ourselves to be overcome, by repeated urgency, to do anything sinful or imprudent; but when attacked with the same temptation, must resist it with the same reason and resolution. It is common for that which is desired only by the malicious, to be falsely…
Nehemiah 6:4 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Nehemiah 6:4
- Luke 18:5
Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.
- Judges 16:15-20
And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth. And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death; That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother’s womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man. And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand. …
- Proverbs 7:21
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
- Proverbs 14:15
The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.
- Judges 16:10
And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.
- Judges 16:6
And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.
- Galatians 2:5
To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.
- 1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
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Context
- Nehemiah 6:3
And 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?
- Nehemiah 6:4
Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.
- Nehemiah 6:5
Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand;
Nehemiah 6:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y enviaron á mí con el mismo asunto por cuatro veces, y yo les respondí de la misma manera. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et ils m’envoyèrent dire la même chose quatre fois, et je leur répondis de la même manière. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und sie sandten auf diese Weise viermal zu mir, und ich erwiderte ihnen auf diesselbe Weise. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Miserunt autem ad me secundum verbum hoc per quatuor vices: et respondi eis juxta sermonem priorem. |