Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation I sent messengers to say to them, "I am doing important work and can't go down there. I am not going to let the work stop just to go and see you." Contemporary English Version Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And I sent messengers to them, saying: I am doing a great work, and I cannot come down, lest it be neglected whilst I come, and go down to you. And I sent Proverbs 14:15 The innocent believeth every word: the discreet man considereth his steps. No good shall come to the deceitful son: but the wise servant shall prosper in his dealings, and his way shall be made straight. Matthew 10:16 Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents and simple as doves. I am doing Ecclesiastes 9:10 Whatsoever thy hand is able to do, do it earnestly: for neither work, nor reason, nor wisdom, nor knowledge shall be in hell, whither thou art hastening. Luke 14:30 Saying: This man began to build and was not able to finish. John 9:4 I must work the works of him that sent me, whilst it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. 1 Timothy 4:15,16 Meditate upon these things, be wholly in these things: that thy profiting may be manifest to all. . . . Context Sanballat's Conspiracy…2Sanaballat and Gossem sent to me, saying: Come, and let us make a league together in the villages, in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief. 3And I sent messengers to them, saying: I am doing a great work, and I cannot come down, lest it be neglected whilst I come, and go down to you.4And they sent to me according to this word, four times: and I answered them after the same manner.… Cross References Nehemiah 6:2 Sanaballat and Gossem sent to me, saying: Come, and let us make a league together in the villages, in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief. Nehemiah 6:4 And they sent to me according to this word, four times: and I answered them after the same manner. Additional Translations So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it to go down to you?”And I sent messengers to 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?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? So I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, and I shall not be able to come down, lest the work should cease: as soon as I shall have finished it, I will come down to you. And I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, and I cannot come down. Why should the work cease, whilst I leave it and come down to you? 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? And I sent messengers to 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? I sent messengers to them, saying, "I am doing a great work, so that I can't come down. Why should the work cease, while I leave it, and come down to you?" 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?' Jump to Previous Able Alone Carrying Cease Great Leave Messengers Possible Project Stop Stopped Whilst WorkJump to Next Able Alone Carrying Cease Great Leave Messengers Possible Project Stop Stopped Whilst WorkLinks Nehemiah 6:3 NIVNehemiah 6:3 NLT Nehemiah 6:3 ESV Nehemiah 6:3 NASB Nehemiah 6:3 KJV Nehemiah 6:3 Bible Apps Nehemiah 6:3 Biblia Paralela Nehemiah 6:3 Chinese Bible Nehemiah 6:3 French Bible Nehemiah 6:3 German Bible Alphabetical: a am and cannot carrying come doing down go great I it leave messengers on project reply saying sent should so stop the them this to while Why with work you OT History: Nehemiah 6:3 I sent messengers to them saying (Neh Ne) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |
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