Nehemiah 6:12
10 Later, I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was confined to his house. He said: “Let us meet at the house of God inside the temple. Let us shut the temple doors because they are coming to kill you— by night they are coming to kill you!”
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!”
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.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I realized that God had not sent him, but that he had uttered this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- I discerned, and behold, God had not sent him, but he pronounced this prophecy against me. Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
- ASV
- And I discerned, and, lo, God had not sent him; but he pronounced this prophecy against me: and Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
- DARBY
- And I perceived, and behold, God had not sent him; for he pronounced this prophecy against me; and Tobijah and Sanballat had hired him.
- BLB
- And I perceived, and behold, God had not sent him, for in the prophecy that he pronounced against me, both Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
- ÅB
- For jeg forsto grant at det ikke var Gud som hadde sendt ham, men at han uttalte denne spådom over meg fordi Tobias og Sanballat hadde leid ham til det.
- OTB
- Da innså jeg at Gud ikke hadde sendt ham, men han hadde uttalt sin profeti mot meg fordi Tobia og Sanballat hadde leid ham.
- B1930
- For jeg forstod grant at det ikke var Gud som hadde sendt ham, men at han uttalte denne spådom over mig fordi Tobias og Sanballat hadde leid ham til det.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 13:22
Because you have disheartened the righteous with your lies, even though I have caused them no grief, and because you have encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways to save their lives,
Read in context1 Corinthians 12:10
to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in various tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues.
Read in context2 Peter 2:3
In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.
Read in contextJeremiah 28:15
Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! The LORD did not send you, but you have persuaded this people to trust in a lie.
Read in context1 Timothy 3:3
not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money.
Read in contextTitus 1:7
As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-absorbed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money.
Read in contextMicah 3:11
Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”
Read in contextEzekiel 13:19
You have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people who would listen, you have killed those who should not have died and spared those who should not have lived.
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