And you have also appointed prophets to proclaim concerning you at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: 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 - King James 2000 Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as you say, but you invent 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. |
And you have also appointed prophets to proclaim concerning you at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: 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 that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and plan deceit all the day long.
None calls for justice, nor does any plead for truth: they trust in empty words, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
And both these kings' hearts shall be to do evil, and they shall speak lies at the same table; but it shall not prosper: for the end shall yet be at the time appointed.
O generation 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 the lusts of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as you very well know.
And when he was come, the Jews who came down from Jerusalem stood round about, and laid many serious complaints against Paul, which they could not prove.