Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab
, and the rest of our enemies heard
that I had
rebuilt
the wall and not a
gap
was
left —though
to
that time I had not yet
installed
the
doors
in the gates —
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 ,)
Sanballat and
Geshem sent
me this
message:
“Come
, let
us
meet together in one
of
the villages on
the plain
of Ono .”
But
they were
planning
to harm
me.
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
.
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? ”
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? '
Four
times
they sent
me the
same
message
, and each
time
I gave
the
same
reply
.
and
they send
unto
me, according
to
this
word,
four
times,
and I return
them
`word'
according
to
this
word
.
The
fifth
time,
Sanballat sent
me this same
message
by
his young
servant, who
had
in his hand an
unsealed
letter
And
Sanballat sendeth
unto
me ,
according
to
this word,
a
fifth
time,
his servant, and
an
open
letter
in his hand ;
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 ,
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!
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. ”
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. '
Then
I sent
him this
reply:
“There
is
nothing
to these rumors
you
are
spreading;
you
are
inventing
them
in
your
own mind.”
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;'
For they
were
all trying
to
frighten
us, saying, “
Their hands will
be
weakened
in
the work, and it will
never
be
finished.”
But
now, my
God,
strengthen my hands.
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.
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!”
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.'
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 !”
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.'
I realized
that
God had
not sent him, but
that
he
had
uttered
this
prophecy against
me because
Tobiah and Sanballat had
hired him .
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 ,
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.
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.
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.
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
.
So
the wall was
completed in fifty-two
days,
on
the twenty -
fifth of Elul .
And
the wall is
completed in the twenty and
fifth of Elul ,
on
the
fifty
and
second
day;
When all our enemies heard about
this
, all the surrounding
nations were
afraid
and
disheartened
, for
they realized
that this
task
had
been
accomplished
by our God.
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
.
Also in those days ,
the nobles
of Judah sent
many
letters to
Tobiah, and Tobiah’s
letters
came
back
to
them .
Also ,
in those days the freemen
of Judah are
multiplying
their
letters going
unto
Tobiah, and those
of
Tobiah
are
coming
in
unto
them ;
For many in Judah were
bound
by
oath
to him, since
he was
a
son-in-law of
Shecaniah
son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan
had
married
the daughter of Meshullam son of Berechiah .
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 ;
Moreover
, these
nobles
kept
reporting
to
me
Tobiah’s
good deeds, and they
relayed
my words to him .
And
Tobiah sent letters
to intimidate
me.
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
.
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