Nehemiah 6:13
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Nehemiah 6:13 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
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.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Darum war er gedungen, damit ich mich fürchten und also tun und mich versündigen sollte, und damit sie ein böses Gerücht hätten, auf daß sie mich verlästern könnten. -
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Porque sobornado fué para hacerme temer así, y que pecase, y les sirviera de mal nombre con que fuera yo infamado.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Para isto ele foi subornado, para me atemorizar, a fim de que assim eu fizesse, e pecasse; para que tivessem alguma coisa para falarem mal de mim.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Eles o contrataram para me deixar com medo, para que eu pudesse fazer o que ele disse e pecasse, então eles poderiam me dar uma má reputação a fim de me humilhar.
📖 Nehemiah 6:13 in Context
11And 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.
12And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
13Therefore 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.
14My 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.
15So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.
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