So I sent messengers to them with this answer: “I am doing important work, so I can’t come down. I don’t want the work to stop just so I can come down and meet with you.”
Nehemiah 6:4 - Easy To Read Version Sanballat and Geshem sent the same message to me four times. And I sent back the same answer to them each time. 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 with this answer: “I am doing important work, so I can’t come down. I don’t want the work to stop just so I can come down and meet with you.”
Then, the fifth time, Sanballat sent his helper to me with the same message. And he had a letter in his hand that was not sealed.
A fool will believe anything he hears. But a wise man thinks carefully about everything.
The woman used those words to tempt the young man. Her smooth words tricked him.
But this woman is bothering me. If I give her what she wants, then she will leave me alone. But if I don’t give her what she wants, she will bother me until I am sick!’”
So, my dear brothers and sisters, stand strong. Don’t let anything change you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord. You know that your work in the Lord is never wasted.
But we did not agree with anything those false brothers wanted! We wanted the truth of the Good News to continue for you.
Then Delilah said to Samson, “You lied to me! You made me look foolish. Please tell me the truth, how could someone tie you up?”
So Delilah said to Samson, “Tell me why you are so strong. How could someone tie you up and make you helpless?”