Nehemiah 6:3
“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?”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Nehemiah 6:3 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
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?
American Standard Version (ASV)English
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?
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Und ich sandte Boten zu ihnen und ließ ihnen sagen: Ich führe ein großes Werk aus und kann nicht hinabkommen. Warum sollte das Werk ruhen, wenn ich es ließe und zu euch hinabkäme?
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Y enviéles mensajeros, diciendo: Yo hago una grande obra, y no puedo ir; porque cesaría la obra, dejándola yo para ir á vosotros.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
E enviei-lhes mensageiros, dizendo: Eu faço uma grande obra, por isso não posso descer; porque eu pararia a obra, para a deixar, e ir me encontrar convosco?
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Eu enviei mensageiros a eles, dizendo: "Estou fazendo um grande trabalho e não posso descer. Por que o trabalho seria interrompido enquanto eu o deixasse para descer até vós?"
📖 Nehemiah 6:3 in Context
1Now 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;)
2That 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.
3And 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?
4Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.
5Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand;
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