Nehemiah 6:3 - Hebrew Names version (HNV)

³ I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I can't come down: why should the work cease, while I leave it, and come down to you?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ 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

³ 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)

³ 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

³ 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

³ 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."

Nehemiah 6:3 Tagairtí Cros

Nehemiah 4:13

Therefore set I in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in the open places, I set [there] the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

Nehemiah 6:2

that Sanvallat and Geshem sent to me, saying, Come, let us meet together in [one of] the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.

Nehemiah 6:4

They sent to me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.

Proverbs 14:15

A simple man believes everything, but the prudent man carefully considers his ways.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in She'ol, where you are going.

Matthew 10:16

*Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

Luke 14:30

saying, 'This man began to build, and wasn't able to finish.'

John 9:4

I must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.