Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
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 ,)
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 —
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
.
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.
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? '
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
they
send
unto
me,
according
to
this
word,
four times, and I return
them
`word'
according
to
this
word
.
Four times they
sent
me
the
same
message
, and each
time
I gave
the
same
reply
.
And
Sanballat
sendeth
unto
me,
according
to
this
word,
a
fifth time, his servant, and
an
open
letter
in his hand ;
The
fifth time, Sanballat
sent
me
this
same
message
by
his young
servant, who
had
in his hand an
unsealed
letter
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!
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,
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 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
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
him this
reply:
“There
is
nothing
to these rumors
you
are
spreading
; you
are
inventing
them
in
your
own
mind.”
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
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.
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.'
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 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.'
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 discern,
and
lo,
God hath
not sent him, for
in
the
prophecy
he hath
spoken
unto
me both
Tobiah and Sanballat hired him ,
I realized
that
God had
not sent him, but
that
he had
uttered
this
prophecy
against
me because
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.
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
.
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
.
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.
And
the wall is
completed in the twenty and
fifth of Elul ,
on
the
fifty
and
second
day;
So
the wall was
completed in fifty-two
days,
on
the twenty -
fifth of Elul .
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
.
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.
Also ,
in those days the freemen
of Judah are
multiplying
their
letters going
unto
Tobiah, and those
of
Tobiah
are
coming
in
unto
them ;
Also in those days ,
the nobles
of Judah sent
many
letters to
Tobiah, and Tobiah’s
letters
came
back
to
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 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 .
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
.
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.
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