Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
And
it cometh
to pass ,
when it
hath
been
heard
by
Sanballat, and Tobiah, and by
Geshem the Arabian, and by
the rest of our enemies, that I have
builded the wall, and there hath
not
been
left
in
it
a
breach ,
( also,
till
that time the
doors
I had not set up in
the gates ,
)
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 ;
)
that Sanballat sendeth,
also
Geshem ,
unto me, saying, `
Come and
we
meet together in the villages ,
in the valley
of Ono ;'
and
they are
thinking
to do to
me evil
.
That Sanballat and
Geshem sent
unto me, saying, Come ,
let
us
meet together in some
one
of
the villages in the plain
of Ono .
But
they thought
to do me mischief
.
And I send
unto them messengers
, saying, `A
great
work
I am doing, and
I am
not
able
to
come down ;
why doth
the work cease when
I let
it alone
, and have
come down unto
you? '
And I sent
messengers
unto them, saying, I am doing a
great
work
, so
that
I cannot
come down :
why should
the work cease ,
whilst
I leave
it, and come down to
you?
and
they send
unto me ,
according
to
this
word,
four times ,
and I return
them `word'
according
to
this
word
.
Yet
they sent
unto me four times after
this
sort;
and I answered
them after
the
same
manner
.
And
Sanballat sendeth
unto me ,
according
to
this
word,
a
fifth time ,
his
servant,
and
an open letter in his hand;
Then
sent
Sanballat his
servant
unto me in
like
manner
the
fifth time with
an open letter in his hand;
it
is
written in
it
, `
Among the nations
it
hath
been
heard
, and Gashmu is
saying:
Thou and the Jews are
thinking
to rebel ,
therefore
thou art
building
the wall, and
thou hast
been
to
them
for
a
king --
according to these words !
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 .
And also,
prophets
thou hast appointed to call
for
thee in
Jerusalem, saying, A king `is'
in Judah ,
and now it is
heard
by
the king according to these words ;
and
now
come, and we
take counsel together. '
And thou hast also
appointed prophets
to preach
of
thee at
Jerusalem, saying, There
is
a king in Judah :
and now shall
it be
reported
to
the king according to these words .
Come now
therefore
, and let
us
take counsel together.
And
I send
unto him, saying, `It
hath
not
been
according
to
these
words
that
thou art
saying
, for
from
thine own heart thou
art
devising
them;'
Then
I sent
unto him, saying, There
are
no
such
things
done
as
thou sayest
, but
thou
feignest
them
out
of
thine own heart .
for all of
them
are
making
us afraid, saying, `
Their hands are
too
feeble
for
the work, and
it is
not done ;'
and
now, strengthen Thou
my hands.
For they
all made
us afraid, saying, Their hands shall
be
weakened
from
the work, that
it be
not done .
Now therefore
, O
God,
strengthen my hands.
And
I have
entered
the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah ,
son of Mehetabeel --
and
he
is
restrained
--
and he saith
, `
Let us meet at
the house of God, at
the
inside
of
the temple, and we
shut the doors of the temple ,
for they are
coming
in
to slay thee --
yea, by
night they are
coming
in
to slay thee. '
Afterward
I came
unto
the house of Shemaiah the
son of Delaiah the
son of Mehetabeel ,
who
was
shut
up;
and he said
, Let us meet together
in
the house of God, within
the temple, and let
us
shut the doors of the temple :
for they will
come
to slay thee ;
yea, in
the
night will
they come
to slay thee.
And I say
, `
A man such
as I --
doth
he
flee? and who as I, that
doth
go in
unto
the temple ,
and
live
? --
I do
not go in. '
And I said
, Should
such
a man as I flee? and who is
there,
that,
being
as I am
, would
go into
the temple to
save
his
life
? I will
not go in.
And I
discern
, and
lo, God hath
not sent him ,
for
in
the
prophecy
he hath
spoken
unto
me both
Tobiah and Sanballat hired him ,
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 .
so
that
he `is'
an
hireling
, that I may
fear
and do so, and I
had
sinned
, and it
had
been
to
them
for an evil name
that they may
reproach me.
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.
Be
mindful,
O
my God, of
Tobiah ,
and of
Sanballat ,
according to these his
works, and also,
of
Noadiah
the prophetess, and of
the rest of the prophets who
have been
making
me afraid
.
My God, think
thou
upon
Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their
works, and on
the prophetess Noadiah
, and the rest of the prophets ,
that
would
have put
me in
fear
.
And
the wall is
completed
in the twenty and fifth of Elul, on
the
fifty and second
day;
So
the wall was
finished
in the twenty and fifth day
of the
month
Elul, in
fifty and two
days.
and it cometh
to pass, when all our enemies have
heard, and all the nations
who
are
round
about us see
, that
they fall
greatly
in their own eyes ,
and
know
that by
our
God
hath
this work been
done
.
And it came
to pass, that
when all our enemies heard thereof
, and all the heathen
that
were
about us saw
these
things
, they were
much
cast
down
in their own eyes :
for
they
perceived
that this work was
wrought
of
our
God
.
Also,
in those days the freemen
of Judah are
multiplying
their
letters going
unto Tobiah, and those
of Tobiah are
coming
in
unto them ;
Moreover
in those days the nobles
of Judah sent
many
letters unto Tobiah, and the
letters
of Tobiah came
unto them .
for many in Judah are
sworn to
him, for
he `is'
son -
in -
law to
Shechaniah son of Arah ,
and Jehohanan
his son hath
taken the daughter of Meshullam son of Berechiah ;
For there
were
many in Judah sworn unto
him, because
he was
the
son in law of
Shechaniah the
son of Arah ;
and his son Johanan
had
taken the daughter of Meshullam the
son of Berechiah .
also ,
his good deeds they
have
been
saying
before me, and my words they
have
been
taking
out
to him ;
letters
hath
Tobiah sent to make
me afraid
.
Also they
reported
his good deeds before me, and uttered
my words to him .
And
Tobiah sent letters
to put
me in
fear
.
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