And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, while I leave it, and come down to you?
Nehemiah 6:4 - King James 2000 Yet they sent unto me four times in this way; and I answered them after the same manner. 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. |
And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, while I leave it, and come down to you?
Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in the same way the fifth time with an open letter in his hand;
The simple believes every word: but the prudent man looks well where he is going.
With her enticing speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she seduced him.
Yet because this widow troubles me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she wearies me.
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, since you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
To whom we yielded in subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.
And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, you have mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray you, how you might be bound.
And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray you, where your great strength lies, and with what you might be bound to afflict you.