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  6:1 ¶
Now it came to pass, when it was reported to Sanballat and Tobiah, and to Geshem the Arabian, and unto the rest of our enemies, that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though even unto that time I had not set up the doors in the gates;) |
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6:1 ¶
Now it came to pass,°
when°
Sanballat,°
and Tobiah,°
and Geshem°
the Arabian,°
and the rest°
of our enemies,°°
heard°°
that°
I had builded°°°
the wall,°
and [that] there was no°
breach°
left°°
therein; (though°°
at°
that°
time°
I had not°
set up°°
the doors°
upon the gates;)° |
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6:2
that Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in [one of] the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief. |
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6:2
That Sanballat°
and Geshem°
sent°°
unto°
me, saying,°°
Come,°°°
let us meet°°
together°
in [some one of] the villages°
in the plain°
of Ono.°
But they°
thought°°
to do°°
me mischief.° |
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6:3
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? |
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6:3
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? |
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6:4
And they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner. |
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6:4
Yet they sent°°
unto°
me four°
times°
after this°
sort;°
and I answered°°
them after the same°
manner.° |
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6:5
Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand, |
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6:5
Then sent°°
Sanballat°°
his servant°
unto°
me in like°
manner°
the fifth°
time°
with an open°°
letter°
in his hand;° |
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6:6
wherein was written, It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel; for which cause thou art building the wall: and thou wouldest be their king, according to these words. |
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6:6
Wherein [was] written,°°
It is reported°°
among the heathen,°
and Gashmu°
saith°°
[it, that] thou°
and the Jews°
think°°
to rebel:°°
for°
which cause°
thou°
buildest°°
the wall,°
that thou°
mayest be°°
their king,°
according to these°
words.° |
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6:7
And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee 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. |
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6:7
And thou hast also°
appointed°°
prophets°
to preach°°
of°
thee 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.° |
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6:8
Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart. |
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6:8
Then I sent°°
unto°
him, saying,°°
There are°°
no°
such°
things°
done°°
as°
thou°
sayest,°°
but°
thou°
feignest°°
them out of thine own heart.°° |
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6:9
For they all would have made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. But now, [O God], strengthen thou my hands. |
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6:9
For°
they all°
made us afraid,°°°
saying,°°
Their hands°
shall be weakened°°
from°
the work,°
that it be not°
done.°°
Now°
therefore, [O God], strengthen°°°
my hands.° |
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6:10
And I went unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee. |
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6:10
Afterward I°
came°°
unto the house°
of Shemaiah°
the son°
of Delaiah°
the son°
of Mehetabeel,°
who°
[was] shut up;°°
and he said,°°
Let us meet together°°
in°
the house°
of God,°
within°°
the temple,°
and let us shut°°
the doors°
of the temple:°
for°
they will come°°
to slay°°
thee; yea, in the night°
will they come°°
to slay°°
thee. |
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6:11
And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being such as I, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in. |
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6:11
And I said,°°
Should such°
a man°
as I°°
flee?°°
and who°
[is there], that,°
[being] as I°
[am], would go°°
into°
the temple°
to save his life?°°
I will not°
go in.°° |
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6:12
And I discerned, and, lo, God had not sent him; but he pronounced this prophecy against me: and Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. |
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6:12
And, lo,°
I perceived°°
that God°
had not°
sent°°
him; but°
that he pronounced°°
this prophecy°
against°
me: for Tobiah°
and Sanballat°
had hired°°
him. |
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6:13
For this cause was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me. |
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6:13
Therefore°
[was] he°
hired,°°
that°
I should be afraid,°°
and do°
so,°°°
and sin,°°
and [that] they might have°
[matter] for an evil°
report,°
that°
they might reproach°°
me. |
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6:14
Remember, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear. |
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6:14
My God,°
think°°
thou upon Tobiah°
and Sanballat°
according to these°
their works,°
and°
on the prophetess°
Noadiah,°
and the rest°
of the prophets,°
that°
would have°
put me in fear.°° |
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6:15 ¶
So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth [day] of [the month] Elul, in fifty and two days. |
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6:15 ¶
So the wall°
was finished°°
in the twenty°
and fifth°
[day] of [the month] Elul,°
in fifty°
and two°
days.° |
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6:16
And it came to pass, when all our enemies heard [thereof], that all the nations that were about us feared, and were much cast down in their own eyes; for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God. |
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6:16
And it came to pass,°
that when°
all°
our enemies°°
heard°°
[thereof], and all°
the heathen°
that°
[were] about°
us°
saw°°
[these things], they were much°
cast down°°
in their own eyes:°
for they perceived°°
that°
this°
work°
was wrought°°
of°°
our God.° |
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6:17 ¶
Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and [the letters] of Tobiah came unto them. |
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6:17 ¶
Moreover°
in those°
days°
the nobles°
of Judah°
sent°°
many°°
letters°
unto°
Tobiah,°
and [the letters] of Tobiah°
came°°
unto°
them. |
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6:18
For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah the son of Arah; and his son Jehohanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah to wife. |
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6:18
For°
[there were] many°
in Judah°
sworn°°
unto him, because°
he°
[was] the son in law°
of Shechaniah°
the son°
of Arah;°
and his son°
Johanan°
had taken°°°
the daughter°
of Meshullam°
the son°
of Berechiah.° |
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6:19
Also they spake of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. [And] Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear. |
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6:19
Also°
they reported°°°
his good deeds°
before°
me, and uttered°°°
my words°
to him. [And] Tobiah°
sent°°
letters°
to put me in fear.°° |
