So I sent messengers to them, saying, ‘I am doing important work and cannot come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and go down to you? ’
Nehemiah 6:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Four times they sent me the same proposal, and I gave them the same reply. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 important work and cannot come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and go down to you? ’
Sanballat sent me this same message a fifth time by his assistant, who had an open letter in his hand.
The inexperienced one believes anything, but the sensible one watches his steps.
She seduces him with her persistent pleading; she lures with her flattering talk.
yet because this widow keeps pestering me, I will give her justice, so that she doesn’t wear me out by her persistent coming.” ’
Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labour in the Lord is not in vain.
But we did not give up and submit to these people for even a moment, so that the truth of the gospel would be preserved for you.
Then Delilah said to Samson, ‘You have mocked me and told me lies! Won’t you please tell me how you can be tied up? ’
So Delilah said to Samson, ‘Please tell me, where does your great strength come from? How could someone tie you up and make you helpless? ’