Nehemiah 6:13 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Nehemiah 6:13 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Nehemiah 6:13 in 6 Bible Translations
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Nehemiah 6:13 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“He was hired so that I would be afraid, do so, and sin, and that they might have material for an evil report, that they might reproach me.”
Nehemiah 6:13 — World English Bible
Nehemiah 6:13 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“For this cause 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. ”
Nehemiah 6:13 — American Standard Version
Nehemiah 6:13 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“so that he <FI>is<Fi> 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.”
Nehemiah 6:13 — Young's Literal Translation
Nehemiah 6:13 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have wherewith to spread an evil report, that they might reproach me. ”
Nehemiah 6:13 — Darby Translation
Nehemiah 6:13 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Therefore was he hyred, that I might be afrayde, and doe thus, and sinne, and that they might haue an euill report that they might reproche me.”
Nehemiah 6:13 — Geneva Bible
Nehemiah 6:13 in Context — Nehemiah 6
11 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.
12 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.
13 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.
14 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.
15 So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.
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What Does Nehemiah 6:13 Mean?
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