Lectionary Calendar
Tuesday, April 14th, 2026
the Second Week after Easter
the Second Week after Easter
video advertismenet
advertisement
advertisement
advertisement
Attention!
Tired of seeing ads while studying? Now you can enjoy an "Ads Free" version of the site for as little as 10¢ a day and support a great cause!
Click here to learn more!
Click here to learn more!
Read the Bible
Young's Literal Translation
Nehemiah 6:4
and they send unto me, according to this word, four times, and I return them [word] according to this word.
Jump to:Bible Study Tools • Parallel Bible Verse • Bible Contextual Overview • Bible Cross-References • Gill's Bible Notes
Bible Study Resources
Concordances:
- Nave'sDictionaries:
- AmericanEncyclopedias:
- InternationalParallel Translations
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 Century Version
Sanballat and Geshem sent the same message to me four times, and each time I sent back the same answer.
Sanballat and Geshem sent the same message to me four times, and each time I sent back the same answer.
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.
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 And it cometh to pass, when it hath been heard by Sanballat, and Tobiah, and by Geshem the Arabian, and by the rest of our enemies, that I have builded the wall, and there hath not been left in it a breach, (also, till that time the doors I had not set up in the gates,) 2 that Sanballat sendeth, also Geshem, unto me, saying, `Come and we meet together in the villages, in the valley of Ono;' and they are thinking to do to me evil. 3 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?' 4 and they send unto me, according to this word, four times, and I return them [word] according to this word. 5 And Sanballat sendeth unto me, according to this word, a fifth time, his servant, and an open letter in his hand; 6 it is written in it, `Among the nations it hath been heard, and Gashmu is saying: Thou and the Jews are thinking to rebel, therefore thou art building the wall, and thou hast been to them for a king -- according to these words! 7 And also, prophets thou hast appointed to call for thee in Jerusalem, saying, A king [is] in Judah, and now it is heard by the king according to these words; and now come, and we take counsel together.' 8 And I send unto him, saying, `It hath not been according to these words that thou art saying, for from thine own heart thou art devising them;' 9 for all of them are making us afraid, saying, `Their hands are too feeble for the work, and it is not done;' and now, strengthen Thou my hands.
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
and this [is] that which thou dost with it: three hundred cubits [is] the length of the ark, fifty cubits its breadth, and thirty cubits its height;
and this [is] that which thou dost with it: three hundred cubits [is] the length of the ark, fifty cubits its breadth, and thirty cubits its height;
Genesis 6:20
Of the fowl after its kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every [sort] they come in unto thee, to keep alive.
Of the fowl after its kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every [sort] they come in unto thee, to keep alive.
Genesis 6:21
`And thou, take to thyself of all food that is eaten; and thou hast gathered unto thyself, and it hath been to thee and to them for food.'
`And thou, take to thyself of all food that is eaten; and thou hast gathered unto thyself, and it hath been to thee and to them for food.'
Genesis 6:22
And Noah doth according to all that God hath commanded him; so hath he done.
And Noah doth according to all that God hath commanded him; so hath he done.
Genesis 11:4
And they say, `Give help, let us build for ourselves a city and tower, and its head in the heavens, and make for ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of all the earth.'
And they say, `Give help, let us build for ourselves a city and tower, and its head in the heavens, and make for ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of all the earth.'
Numbers 13:33
and there we saw the Nephilim, sons of Anak, of the Nephilim; and we are in our own eyes as grasshoppers; and so we were in their eyes.'
and there we saw the Nephilim, sons of Anak, of the Nephilim; and we are in our own eyes as grasshoppers; and so we were in their eyes.'
Numbers 16:2
and they rise up before Moses, with men of the sons of Israel, two hundred and fifty, princes of the company, called of the convention, men of name,
and they rise up before Moses, with men of the sons of Israel, two hundred and fifty, princes of the company, called of the convention, men of name,
Deuteronomy 3:11
for only Og king of Bashan had been left of the remnant of the Rephaim; lo, his bedstead [is] a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the sons of Ammon? nine cubits its length, and four cubits its breadth, by the cubit of a man.
for only Og king of Bashan had been left of the remnant of the Rephaim; lo, his bedstead [is] a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the sons of Ammon? nine cubits its length, and four cubits its breadth, by the cubit of a man.
1 Samuel 17:4
And there goeth out a man of the duellists from the camps of the Philistines, Goliath [is] his name, from Gath; his height [is] six cubits and a span,
And there goeth out a man of the duellists from the camps of the Philistines, Goliath [is] his name, from Gath; his height [is] six cubits and a span,
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.
