You have also appointed prophets to preach of you at Yerushalayim, saying, There is a king in Yehudah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.
Nehemiah 6:8 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Then I sent to him, saying, There are no such things done as you say, but you feign them out of your own heart. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I replied to him, No such things as you say have been done; you are inventing them out of your own heart and mind. American Standard Version (1901) Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart. Common English Bible So I sent him this reply: “Nothing that you say has happened. You are simply inventing this.” Catholic Public Domain Version And I sent to them, saying: "There has been nothing done according to these words, which you have spoken. For you are inventing these things from your own heart." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I sent to them, saying: There is no such thing done as thou sayest: but thou feignest these things out of thy own heart. |
You have also appointed prophets to preach of you at Yerushalayim, saying, There is a king in Yehudah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.
The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.
Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
None sues in righteousness, and none pleads in truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
As for both these kings, their hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table: but it shall not prosper; for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.
You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.
You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn't stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and the father of it.
But Sha'ul said, *I am standing before Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought to be tried. I have done no wrong to the Judeans, as you also know very well.
When he had come, the Judeans who had come down from Yerushalayim stood around him, bringing against him many and grievous charges which they could not prove,