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New Century Version
Nehemiah 6:4
Sanballat and Geshem sent the same message to me four times, and each time I sent back the same answer.
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Christian Standard Bible®
Four times they sent me the same proposal, and I gave them the same reply.
Four times they sent me the same proposal, and I gave them the same reply.
Hebrew Names Version
They sent to me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.
They sent to me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.
King James Version
Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.
Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.
English Standard Version
And they sent to me four times in this way, and I answered them in the same manner.
And they sent to me four times in this way, and I answered them in the same manner.
New English Translation
They contacted me four times in this way, and I responded the same way each time.
They contacted me four times in this way, and I responded the same way each time.
Amplified Bible
They sent word to me four times in this way, and I answered them in the same way.
They sent word to me four times in this way, and I answered them in the same way.
New American Standard Bible
Then they sent messages to me four times worded in this way, and I answered them with the same wording.
Then they sent messages to me four times worded in this way, and I answered them with the same wording.
World English Bible
They sent to me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.
They sent to me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Yet they sent vnto me foure times after this sort. And I answered them after the same maner.
Yet they sent vnto me foure times after this sort. And I answered them after the same maner.
Legacy Standard Bible
And they sent messages to me four times in this manner, and I responded to them in the same manner.
And they sent messages to me four times in this manner, and I responded to them in the same manner.
Berean Standard Bible
Four times they sent me the same message, and each time I gave the same reply.
Four times they sent me the same message, and each time I gave the same reply.
Contemporary English Version
They invited me four times, but each time I refused to go.
They invited me four times, but each time I refused to go.
Complete Jewish Bible
They kept sending this sort of message to me — four times — and I answered them the same way.
They kept sending this sort of message to me — four times — and I answered them the same way.
Darby Translation
And they sent to me four times after this sort; and I answered them in the same manner.
And they sent to me four times after this sort; and I answered them in the same manner.
Easy-to-Read Version
Sanballat and Geshem sent the same message to me four times, and I sent the same answer back to them each time.
Sanballat and Geshem sent the same message to me four times, and I sent the same answer back to them each time.
George Lamsa Translation
But they sent to me four times in this manner, and I answered them after the same manner.
But they sent to me four times in this manner, and I answered them after the same manner.
Good News Translation
They sent me the same message four times, and each time I sent them the same reply.
They sent me the same message four times, and each time I sent them the same reply.
Lexham English Bible
And they sent a message to me four times like this, and I returned an answer like this to them.
And they sent a message to me four times like this, and I returned an answer like this to them.
Literal Translation
And they sent to me four times in this way. And I answered them in the same way.
And they sent to me four times in this way. And I answered them in the same way.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Howbeit they sent vnto me as good as foure tymes after the same maner. And I gaue the same answere.
Howbeit they sent vnto me as good as foure tymes after the same maner. And I gaue the same answere.
American Standard Version
And they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.
And they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.
Bible in Basic English
And four times they sent to me in this way, and I sent them the same answer.
And four times they sent to me in this way, and I sent them the same answer.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Howbeit, they sent vnto me as good as foure times after the same maner: And I gaue them the same aunswere.
Howbeit, they sent vnto me as good as foure times after the same maner: And I gaue them the same aunswere.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.
And they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.
King James Version (1611)
Yet they sent vnto me foure times, after this sort; and I answered them after the same maner.
Yet they sent vnto me foure times, after this sort; and I answered them after the same maner.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they sent to me again to this effect; and I sent them word accordingly.
And they sent to me again to this effect; and I sent them word accordingly.
English Revised Version
And they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.
And they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli thei senten to me `bi this word bi foure tymes, and Y answeride to hem by the formere word.
Sotheli thei senten to me `bi this word bi foure tymes, and Y answeride to hem by the formere word.
Update Bible Version
And they sent to me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.
And they sent to me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.
Webster's Bible Translation
Yet they sent to me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.
Yet they sent to me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.
New King James Version
But they sent me this message four times, and I answered them in the same manner.
But they sent me this message four times, and I answered them in the same manner.
New Living Translation
Four times they sent the same message, and each time I gave the same reply.
Four times they sent the same message, and each time I gave the same reply.
New Life Bible
They sent word to me four times in this way, and I gave them the same answer.
They sent word to me four times in this way, and I gave them the same answer.
New Revised Standard
They sent to me four times in this way, and I answered them in the same manner.
They sent to me four times in this way, and I answered them in the same manner.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Yet they sent unto me, according to this message, four times, - and I replied to them according to this answer.
Yet they sent unto me, according to this message, four times, - and I replied to them according to this answer.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they sent to me according to this word, four times: and I answered them after the same manner.
And they sent to me according to this word, four times: and I answered them after the same manner.
Revised Standard Version
And they sent to me four times in this way and I answered them in the same manner.
And they sent to me four times in this way and I answered them in the same manner.
Young's Literal Translation
and they send unto me, according to this word, four times, and I return them [word] according to this word.
and they send unto me, according to this word, four times, and I return them [word] according to this word.
THE MESSAGE
Four times they sent this message and four times I gave them my answer.
Four times they sent this message and four times I gave them my answer.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
They sent messages to me four times in this manner, and I answered them in the same way.
They sent messages to me four times in this manner, and I answered them in the same way.
Contextual Overview
1 Then Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and our other enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and that there was not one gap in it. But I had not yet set the doors in the gates. 2 So Sanballat and Geshem sent me this message: "Come, Nehemiah, let's meet together in Kephirim on the plain of Ono." But they were planning to harm me. 3 So I sent messengers to them with this answer: "I am doing a great work, and I can't come down. I don't want the work to stop while I leave to meet you." 4 Sanballat and Geshem sent the same message to me four times, and each time I sent back the same answer. 5 The fifth time Sanballat sent his helper to me with the message, and in his hand was an unsealed letter. 6 This is what was written: A report is going around to all the nations, and Geshem says it is true, that you and the Jewish people are planning to turn against the king and that you are rebuilding the wall. They say you are going to be their king 7 and that you have appointed prophets to announce in Jerusalem: "There is a king of Judah!" The king will hear about this. So come, let's discuss this together. 8 So I sent him back this answer: "Nothing you are saying is really happening. You are just making it up in your own mind." 9 Our enemies were trying to scare us, thinking, "They will get too weak to work. Then the wall will not be finished." But I prayed, "God, make me strong."
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
four times: Judges 16:6, Judges 16:10, Judges 16:15-20, Proverbs 7:21, Luke 18:5, 1 Corinthians 15:58, Galatians 2:5
and I answered: Proverbs 14:15
Cross-References
Genesis 6:15
This is how big I want you to build the boat: four hundred fifty feet long, seventy-five feet wide, and forty-five feet high.
This is how big I want you to build the boat: four hundred fifty feet long, seventy-five feet wide, and forty-five feet high.
Genesis 6:20
Two of every kind of bird, animal, and crawling thing will come to you to be kept alive.
Two of every kind of bird, animal, and crawling thing will come to you to be kept alive.
Genesis 6:21
Also gather some of every kind of food and store it on the boat as food for you and the animals."
Also gather some of every kind of food and store it on the boat as food for you and the animals."
Genesis 6:22
Noah did everything that God commanded him.
Noah did everything that God commanded him.
Genesis 11:4
Then they said to each other, "Let's build a city and a tower for ourselves, whose top will reach high into the sky. We will become famous. Then we will not be scattered over all the earth."
Then they said to each other, "Let's build a city and a tower for ourselves, whose top will reach high into the sky. We will become famous. Then we will not be scattered over all the earth."
Numbers 13:33
We saw the Nephilim people there. (The Anakites come from the Nephilim people.) We felt like grasshoppers, and we looked like grasshoppers to them."
We saw the Nephilim people there. (The Anakites come from the Nephilim people.) We felt like grasshoppers, and we looked like grasshoppers to them."
Numbers 16:2
These men gathered two hundred fifty other Israelite men, well-known leaders chosen by the community, and challenged Moses.
These men gathered two hundred fifty other Israelite men, well-known leaders chosen by the community, and challenged Moses.
Deuteronomy 3:11
(Only Og king of Bashan was left of the few Rephaites. His bed was made of iron, and it was more than thirteen feet long and six feet wide! It is still in the Ammonite city of Rabbah.)
(Only Og king of Bashan was left of the few Rephaites. His bed was made of iron, and it was more than thirteen feet long and six feet wide! It is still in the Ammonite city of Rabbah.)
1 Samuel 17:4
The Philistines had a champion fighter from Gath named Goliath. He was about nine feet, four inches tall. He came out of the Philistine camp
The Philistines had a champion fighter from Gath named Goliath. He was about nine feet, four inches tall. He came out of the Philistine camp
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort,.... Being very desirous of getting him into their hands, and therefore were very pressing and importunate:
and I answered them after the same manner; every time as before, he being as much bent on finishing the work as they were to divert him from it.
