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?”
Nehemiah 6:4 - Tree of Life Version They sent me the same message four times, and each time I returned a similar response to them. 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 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?”
But the fifth time Sanballat sent his young aide to me in this way, he had an open letter in his hand.
With her persistent pleading she entices him, with smooth talk she seduces him.
yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice so she won’t wear me out by her incessant coming.’”
Therefore, my dearly loved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord—because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
But we did not give in to them even for a moment, so that the truth of the Good News might be preserved for you.
Delilah said to Samson, “Oh, you deceived me! You lied to me! Now tell me please, how you can be bound?”
So Delilah said to Samson, “Tell me please, where does your great strength come from? How could you be bound to subdue you?”