So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work, and I am unable to come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and come down to you?”
Nehemiah 6:4 - The Scriptures 2009 However, they sent me the same word four times, and I answered them the same word. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They sent to me four times this way, and I answered them as before. American Standard Version (1901) And they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner. Common English Bible They sent me a message like this four times, and every time I gave them a similar reply. Catholic Public Domain Version Then they sent to me, with this same word, four times. And I responded to them with the same word as before. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they sent to me according to this word, four times: and I answered them after the same manner. |
So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work, and I am unable to come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and come down to you?”
Then Sanballat sent his servant to me with an open letter in his hand, the same word, the fifth time.
The simple believes every word, But the clever one watches his step.
With her many words she leads him astray, With her smooth lips she seduces him.
yet because this widow troubles me I shall do right to her, lest by her continual coming she wears me out.’ ”
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Master, knowing that your labour is not in vain in the Master.
to these we did not yield in subjection, not even for an hour, so that the truth of the Good News remains with you.
And Delilah said to Shimshon, “Look, you have mocked me and spoken lies to me. Now, please reveal to me by what you might be bound.”
And Delilah said to Shimshon, “Please reveal to me where your great strength lies, and by what you might be bound, to humble you.”