Nehemiah 6:3 - Tree of Life Version

So I sent messengers to them saying, “I am doing an important work, so I cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and come down to you?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work and cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave to come down to you?

American Standard Version (1901)

And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?

Common English Bible

so I sent messengers to tell them, “I’m doing important work, so I can’t come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it to come down to you?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

Therefore, I sent messengers to them, saying: "I am doing a great work, and I cannot descend, lest perhaps it may be neglected when I go out and descend to you."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And I sent messengers to them, saying: I am doing a great work, and I cannot come down, lest it be neglected whilst I come and go down to you.

Nehemiah 6:3 Tagairtí Cros

Nehemiah 4:13

Then I said to the nobles, the rulers and the rest of the people, “The work is extensive and spread out, and we are widely separated from one another on the wall.

Nehemiah 6:2

Sanballat and Geshem sent word to me, saying, “Come, let us meet together in one of the villages in the plain of Ono.” But they were scheming to do me harm.

Nehemiah 6:4

They sent me the same message four times, and each time I returned a similar response to them.

Proverbs 14:15

The naïve believes every word, but the shrewd discerns his steps.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever your hand finds to do, do with all your strength, for there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, where you are going.

Matthew 10:16

“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

Luke 14:30

saying, ‘This man began to build and wasn’t able to finish!’

John 9:4

We must do the work of the One who sent Me, so long as it is day! Night is coming when no one can work.