Nehemia 6:17

Lutherbibel

Auch waren zu derselben Zeit viele der Obersten Juda's, deren Briefe gingen zu Tobia und von Tobia zu ihnen.

Parallel Translations

Schlachter Bibel (1951)
Auch ließen zu jener Zeit die Vornehmsten in Juda viele Briefe an Tobija abgehen, und auch von Tobija gelangten solche zu ihnen.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the nobles: Nehemiah 3:5, Nehemiah 5:7, Nehemiah 13:28, Micah 7:1-6, Matthew 24:10-12

sent many letters unto Tobiah: Heb. multiplied their letters passing to Tobiah

Reciprocal: Nehemiah 13:4 - allied Proverbs 11:13 - revealeth Jeremiah 29:25 - Because Jeremiah 41:10 - to the

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Moreover, in those days,.... While the wall was building:

the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them; letters passed between them frequently, they informing him how things went on at Jerusalem, and he advising them to what was detrimental to the true interest of their nation; such false friends had Nehemiah about him, and yet the work succeeded under him; which showed it the more to be of God.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 17. The nobles of Judah sent many letters — The circumstances marked in this and the following verses show still more clearly the difficulties which Nehemiah had to encounter; he had enemies without and false friends within. A treacherous correspondence was carried on between the nobles of Judah and the Ammonites; and had almost any other man been at the head of the Jewish affairs, Jerusalem had never been re-established.