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  6:1 ¶
Now it came to pass, when Sanballat{gr.Sanaballat}, and Tobiah{gr.Tobias}, and Geshem{gr.Gesam} the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had built the wall, and [that] there was no opening left therein; ([but] hitherto I had not set up the doors on the gates;) |
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6:1 ¶
Now it came to pass,º
whenº
Sanballat,º
and Tobiah,º
and Geshemº
the Arabian,º
and the restº
of our enemies,ºº
heardºº
thatº
I had buildedººº
the wall,º
and [that] there was noº
breachº
leftºº
therein; (thoughºº
atº
thatº
timeº
I had notº
set upºº
the doorsº
upon the gates;)º |
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6:2
that Sanballat{gr.Sanaballat} and Geshem{gr.Gesam} sent to me, saying, Come and let us meet together in the villages in the plain of Ono. But they [were] plotting to do me mischief. |
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6:2
That Sanballatº
and Geshemº
sentºº
untoº
me, saying,ºº
Come,ººº
let us meetºº
togetherº
in [some one of] the villagesº
in the plainº
of Ono.º
But theyº
thoughtºº
to doºº
me mischief.º |
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6:3
So I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, and I shall not be able to come down, lest the work should cease: as soon as I shall have finished it, I will come down to you. |
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6:3
And I sentºº
messengersº
untoº
them, saying,ºº
Iº
[am] doingºº
a greatº
work,º
so that I cannotººº
come down:ºº
whyº
should the workº
cease,ºº
whilstº
I leaveºº
it, and come downºº
toº
you? |
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6:4
And they sent to me [again] to this effect; and I sent them [word] accordingly. |
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6:4
Yet they sentºº
untoº
me fourº
timesº
after thisº
sort;º
and I answeredºº
them after the sameº
manner.º |
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6:5
Then Sanballat{gr.Sanaballat} sent his servant to me with an open letter in his hand. |
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6:5
Then sentºº
Sanballatºº
his servantº
untoº
me in likeº
mannerº
the fifthº
timeº
with an openºº
letterº
in his hand;º |
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6:6
And in it was written, It has been reported among the Gentiles that thou and the Jews are planning to revolt: therefore thou art building the wall, and thou wilt be a king to them. |
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6:6
Wherein [was] written,ºº
It is reportedºº
among the heathen,º
and Gashmuº
saithºº
[it, that] thouº
and the Jewsº
thinkºº
to rebel:ºº
forº
which causeº
thouº
buildestºº
the wall,º
that thouº
mayest beºº
their king,º
according to theseº
words.º |
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6:7
And moreover thou has appointed prophets to thyself, that thou mightest dwell in Jerusalem as a king over Judah{gr.Juda}: and now these words will be reported to the king. Now then, come, let us take counsel together. |
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6:7
And thou hast alsoº
appointedºº
prophetsº
to preachºº
ofº
thee at Jerusalem,º
saying,ºº
[There is] a kingº
in Judah:º
and nowº
shall it be reportedºº
to the kingº
according to theseº
words.º
Comeººº
nowº
therefore, and let us take counselºº
together.º |
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6:8
And I sent to him, saying, It has not happened according to these words, [even] as thou sayest, for thou framest them falsely out of thy heart. |
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6:8
Then I sentºº
untoº
him, saying,ºº
There areºº
noº
suchº
thingsº
doneºº
asº
thouº
sayest,ºº
butº
thouº
feignestºº
them out of thine own heart.ºº |
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6:9
For all were trying to alarm us, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from this work, and it shall not be done. Now therefore I have strengthened my hands. |
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6:9
Forº
they allº
made us afraid,ººº
saying,ºº
Their handsº
shall be weakenedºº
fromº
the work,º
that it be notº
done.ºº
Nowº
therefore, [O Elohim], strengthenººº
my hands.º |
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6:10
And I came into the house of Shimei{gr.Semei} the son of Dalaia the Son of Metabeel, and he was shut up; and he said, Let us assemble together in the house of God, in the midst of it, and let us shut the doors of it; for they are coming by night to slay thee. |
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6:10
Afterward Iº
cameºº
unto the houseº
of Shemaiahº
the sonº
of Delaiahº
the sonº
of Mehetabeel,º
whoº
[was] shut up;ºº
and he said,ºº
Let us meet togetherºº
inº
the houseº
of Elohim,º
withinºº
the temple,º
and let us shutºº
the doorsº
of the temple:º
forº
they will comeºº
to slayºº
thee; yea, in the nightº
will they comeºº
to slayºº
thee. |
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6:11
And I said, Who is the man that shall enter into the house, that he may live? |
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6:11
And I said,ºº
Should suchº
a manº
as Iºº
flee?ºº
and whoº
[is there], that,º
[being] as Iº
[am], would goºº
intoº
the templeº
to save his life?ºº
I will notº
go in.ºº |
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6:12
And I observed, and, behold, God had not sent him, for the prophecy was a fable [devised] against me: |
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6:12
And, lo,º
I perceivedºº
that Elohimº
had notº
sentºº
him; butº
that he pronouncedºº
this prophecyº
againstº
me: for Tobiahº
and Sanballatº
had hiredºº
him. |
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6:13
and Tobiah{gr.Tobias} and Sanballat{gr.Sanaballat} had hired against me a multitude, that I might be frightened, and do this, and sin, and become to them an ill name, that they might reproach me. |
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6:13
Thereforeº
[was] heº
hired,ºº
thatº
I should be afraid,ºº
and doº
so,ººº
and sin,ºº
and [that] they might haveº
[matter] for an evilº
report,º
thatº
they might reproachºº
me. |
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6:14
Remember, O God, Tobiah{gr.Tobias} and Sanballat{gr.Sanaballat}, according to these their deeds, and the prophetess Noadia, and the rest of the prophets who tried to alarm me. |
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6:14
My Elohim,º
thinkºº
thou upon Tobiahº
and Sanballatº
according to theseº
their works,º
andº
on the prophetessº
Noadiah,º
and the restº
of the prophets,º
thatº
would haveº
put me in fear.ºº |
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6:15 ¶
So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of the [month] Elul, in fifty-two days. |
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6:15 ¶
So the wallº
was finishedºº
in the twentyº
and fifthº
[day] of [the month] Elul,º
in fiftyº
and twoº
days.º |
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6:16
And it came to pass, when all our enemies heard [of it], that all the nations round about us feared, and great alarm fell upon them, and they knew that it was of our God that this work should be finished. |
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6:16
And it came to pass,º
that whenº
allº
our enemiesºº
heardºº
[thereof], and allº
the heathenº
thatº
[were] aboutº
usº
sawºº
[these things], they were muchº
cast downºº
in their own eyes:º
for they perceivedºº
thatº
thisº
workº
was wroughtºº
ofºº
our Elohim.º |
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6:17 ¶
And in those days letters came to Tobiah{gr.Tobias} from many nobles of Judah{gr.Juda}, and those of Tobiah{gr.Tobias} came to them. |
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6:17 ¶
Moreoverº
in thoseº
daysº
the noblesº
of Judahº
sentºº
manyºº
lettersº
untoº
Tobiah,º
and [the letters] of Tobiahº
cameºº
untoº
them. |
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6:18
For many in Judah{gr.Juda} were bound to him by oath, because he was son-in-law of Shechaniah{gr.Sechenias} the son of Herae; and Jonan his son had taken the daughter of Meshullam{gr.Mesulam} the son of Berechiah{gr.Barachia} to wife. |
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6:18
Forº
[there were] manyº
in Judahº
swornºº
unto him, becauseº
heº
[was] the son in lawº
of Shechaniahº
the sonº
of Arah;º
and his sonº
Johananº
had takenººº
the daughterº
of Meshullamº
the sonº
of Berechiah.º |
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6:19
And they reported his words to me, and carried out my words to him: and Tobiah{gr.Tobias} sent letters to terrify me. |
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6:19
Alsoº
they reportedººº
his good deedsº
beforeº
me, and utteredººº
my wordsº
to him. [And] Tobiahº
sentºº
lettersº
to put me in fear.ºº |
