Nehemiah 6:7-9
Legacy Standard Bible
7 You have also [a]set up prophets to call out in Jerusalem concerning [b]you, ‘A king is in Judah!’ So now it will be heard by the king according to these words. So now, come, let us take counsel together.”
8 Then I sent a message to him, saying,
“Such words as you are saying have not been done, but you are (A)devising them in your own heart.”
9 For all of them were trying to frighten us, [c]thinking, “Their hands will [d]become limp in doing the work, and it will not be done.” But now, (B)O God, strengthen my hands.
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- Nehemiah 6:7 Lit made prophets stand, cf. 4:13; 6:1; 7:3
- Nehemiah 6:7 Lit you, saying
- Nehemiah 6:9 Lit saying,
- Nehemiah 6:9 Lit drop from
Nehemiah 6:7-9
English Standard Version
7 And you have also set up prophets to proclaim concerning you in Jerusalem, ‘There is a king in Judah.’ And now the king will hear of these reports. So now come and let us take counsel together.” 8 Then I sent to him, saying, “No such things as you say have been done, for you are inventing them out of your own mind.” 9 For they all wanted to frighten us, thinking, “Their hands will drop from the work, and it will not be done.” But now, O God,[a] strengthen my hands.
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- Nehemiah 6:9 Hebrew lacks O God
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