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Nehemiah 2:19

GeshemSanballatTobiah
Discouragement and depressionSpiritual warfare

17 Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.

18 Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king’s words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.

But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?

20 Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.

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BSB
But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked us and ridiculed us, saying, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”
KJV
But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?
WEB
But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite servant, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they ridiculed us and despised us, and said, “What is this thing that you are doing? Will you rebel against the king?”
ASV
But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?
DARBY
And Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobijah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it; and they mocked us and despised us, and said, What is this thing which ye do? will ye rebel against the king?
BLB
And Sanballat the Horonite heard [of it], and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arab, and they laughed at us and despised us and said, “What [is] this thing that you⁺ are doing? Are you⁺ rebelling against the king?”
ÅB
Men da horonitten Sanballat og den ammonittiske tjener Tobias og araberen Gesem hørte det, spottet de oss og foraktet oss og sa: Hva er det dere gjør der? Vil dere sette dere opp imot kongen?
OTB
Men da Sanballat horonitten, Tobia ammonittenes embetsmann, og Geshem araberen hørte om det, hånte og latterliggjorde de oss. “Hva er det dere gjør?” spurte de. “Gjør dere opprør mot kongen?”
B1930
Men da horonitten Sanballat og den ammonittiske tjener Tobias og araberen Gesem hørte det, spottet de oss og foraktet oss og sa: Hvad er det I gjør der? Vil I sette eder op imot kongen?

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Cross references

  • Nehemiah 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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  • Nehemiah 6:1–2

    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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  • Psalms 44:13–14

    Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.

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  • Mark 5:40

    And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying.

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  • Psalms 80:6

    Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.

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  • Job 30:1

    But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.

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  • Acts 24:5

    For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:

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  • Hebrews 11:36

    And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:

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