Nehemiah 6:5
3 So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it to go down to you?”
4 Four times they sent me the same message, and each time I gave the same reply.
The fifth time, Sanballat sent me this same message by his young servant, who had in his hand an unsealed letter
6 that read: “It is reported among the nations—and Geshem agrees—that you and the Jews are plotting to revolt, and this is why you are building the wall. According to these reports, you are to become their king,
7 and you have even appointed prophets in Jerusalem to proclaim on your behalf: ‘There is a king in Judah.’ Soon these rumors will reach the ears of the king. So come, let us confer together.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The fifth time, Sanballat sent me this same message by his young servant, who had in his hand an unsealed letter
- KJV
- Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand;
- WEB
- Then Sanballat sent his servant to me the same way the fifth time with an open letter in his hand,
- ASV
- Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand,
- DARBY
- Then sent Sanballat his servant to me in this manner the fifth time, with an open letter in his hand,
- BLB
- And Sanballat sent to me according to this word the fifth time, his servant with an open letter in his hand,
- ÅB
- Femte gang sendte Sanballat sin tjener til meg med det samme bud, og han hadde et åpent brev med seg.
- OTB
- Så, ved den femte anledningen, sendte Sanballat sin tjener til meg med den samme meldingen, og i hans hånd var et åpent brev
- B1930
- Femte gang sendte Sanballat sin tjener til mig med det samme bud, og han hadde et åpent brev med sig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Thessalonians 2:10
and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.
Read in context2 Corinthians 11:13–15
For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
Read in context2 Corinthians 2:11
in order that Satan should not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.
Read in context2 Kings 18:26–28
Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, along with Shebnah and Joah, said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Do not speak with us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall.”
Read in contextEphesians 6:11
Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.
Read in context