For he had accepted money, so that I would be afraid, and would sin, and so that they would have some evil with which to rebuke me.
Nehemiah 6:19 - Catholic Public Domain Version Moreover, they praised him before me, and they reported my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters, so that he might make me afraid. 更多版本King James Version (Oxford) 1769 Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Also they spoke of [Tobiah's] good deeds before me and told him what I said. And Tobiah sent letters to frighten me. American Standard Version (1901) Also they spake of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear. Common English Bible They also kept talking about his good deeds in my presence and then reported back to him what I said. In addition, Tobiah sent letters to intimidate me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they praised him also before me, and they related my words to him. And Tobias sent letters to put me in fear. English Standard Version 2016 Also they spoke of his good deeds in my presence and reported my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to make me afraid. |
For he had accepted money, so that I would be afraid, and would sin, and so that they would have some evil with which to rebuke me.
For there were many in Judea who had sworn an oath to him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah, the son of Arah, and because Jehohanan, his son, had married the daughter of Meshullam, the son of Berechiah.
For all these men wished to frighten us, thinking that our hands would cease from the work, and that we would cease. For this reason, I strengthened my hands all the more.
Then, after the wall was built, and I set up the double doors, and I enrolled the gatekeepers, and the singing men, and the Levites,
Those who abandon the law praise the impious. Those who guard it are inflamed against him.
If you had been of the world, the world would love what is its own. Yet truly, you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world; because of this, the world hates you.
The world cannot hate you. But it hates me, because I offer testimony about it, that its works are evil.
They are of the world. Therefore, they speak about the world, and the world listens to them.