So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work, and I cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it to come down to you?”
Nehemiah 6:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 They sent to me four times in this way, and I answered them in the same manner. Plus de versionsKing 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 cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it to come down to you?”
In the same way Sanballat for the fifth time sent his servant to me with an open letter in his hand.
With much seductive speech she persuades him; with her smooth talk she compels him.
yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will grant her justice, so that she may not wear me out by continually coming.’ ”
Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord because you know that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
we did not submit to them even for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might always remain with you.
Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and told me lies; please tell me how you could be bound.”
So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me what makes your strength so great and how you could be bound, so that one could subdue you.”