Nehemiah 6:3 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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?”
Nehemiah 6:3 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Nehemiah 6:3 in 6 Bible Translations
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Nehemiah 6:3 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work, so that I can’t come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and come down to you?””
Nehemiah 6:3 — World English Bible
Nehemiah 6:3 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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? ”
Nehemiah 6:3 — American Standard Version
Nehemiah 6:3 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“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?'”
Nehemiah 6:3 — Young's Literal Translation
Nehemiah 6:3 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, and I cannot come down. Why should the work cease, whilst I leave it and come down to you? ”
Nehemiah 6:3 — Darby Translation
Nehemiah 6:3 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Therefore I sent messengers vnto them, saying, I haue a great worke to doe, and I can not come downe: why should the worke cease, whiles I leaue it, and come downe to you?”
Nehemiah 6:3 — Geneva Bible
Nehemiah 6:3 in Context — Nehemiah 6
1 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;)
2 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.
3 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?
4 Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.
5 Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand;
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What Does Nehemiah 6:3 Mean?
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