Nehemiah 2:19
“But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Nehemiah 2:19 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?
American Standard Version (ASV)English
But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Als aber Sanballat, der Horoniter, und Tobija, der ammonitische Knecht, und Geschem, der Araber, es hörten, spotteten sie über uns und verachteten uns und sprachen: Was ist das für eine Sache, die ihr tun wollt? Wollt ihr euch wider den König empören?
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Mas habiéndolo oído Samballat Horonita, y Tobías el siervo Ammonita, y Gesem el Arabe, escarnecieron de nosotros, y nos despreciaron, diciendo: ¿Qué es esto que hacéis vosotros? ¿os rebeláis contra el rey?
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Porém, quando Sambalate o horonita, Tobias o servo amonita, e Gesém o árabe, ouviram isto ,zombaram de nós, e nos desprezaram, dizendo: O que é isto que vós fazeis? Por acaso estais vos rebelando contra o rei?
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Mas, quando Sambalate, o horonita, e Tobias, o oficial, e Gesém, o árabe, ouviram isso, eles zombaram de nós, desprezaram-nos e disseram: "O que vós estais fazendo? Vós estais vos rebelando contra o rei?".
📖 Nehemiah 2:19 in Context
17Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.
18Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king’s words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.
19But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?
20Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
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