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Nehemiah 6:13

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Nehemiah 6:13

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

He had been hired to intimidate me so that I would sin by doing as he suggested, so they could give me a bad name in order to discredit me.

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KJV

King James Version

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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WEB

World English Bible

He was hired so that I would be afraid, do so, and sin, and that they might have material for an evil report, that they might reproach me.

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ASV

American Standard Version

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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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Nehemiah 6

11 But I replied, “Should a man like me run away? Should one like me go into the temple to save his own life? I will not go!”

12 I realized that God had not sent him, but that he had uttered this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

13 He had been hired to intimidate me so that I would sin by doing as he suggested, so they could give me a bad name in order to discredit me.

14 O my God, remember Tobiah and Sanballat for what they have done, and also Noadiah the prophetess and the other prophets who tried to intimidate me.

15 So the wall was completed in fifty-two days, on the twenty-fifth of Elul.

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King James Version · Public domain outside the United Kingdom
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World English Bible · Public domain
Protestant edition, 66 books, American spelling; uses LORD/GOD for the divine name. Text supplied by eBible.org.

American Standard Version · Public domain
American Standard Version (1901). Text supplied by eBible.org.

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