13Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have wherewith to spread an evil report, that they might reproach me.


In Context

10 And I came to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabeel, who had shut himself up. And he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple; for they are coming to kill thee; even in the night are they coming to kill thee.

11 And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, could go into the temple, and live? I will not go in.

12 And I perceived, and behold, God had not sent him; for he pronounced this prophecy against me; and Tobijah and Sanballat had hired him.

13 Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have wherewith to spread an evil report, that they might reproach me.

14 My God, remember Tobijah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets who would have put me in fear.

15 So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth of Elul, in fifty-two days.

Nehemiah 6:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:13Therefore [was] he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and [that] they might have [matter] for an evil report, that they might reproach me.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:13He had been hired to intimidate me so that I would commit a sin by doing this, and then they would give me a bad name to discredit me.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:13For he had taken money, that I being afraid should do this thing, and sin, and they might have some evil to upbraid me withal.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:13For this cause was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:13For this cause was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:13Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:13He hired so that I would be afraid, do so, and sin, and that they might have material for an evil report, that they might reproach me.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:13so that he is an hireling, that I may fear and do so, and I had sinned, and it had been to them for an evil name that they may reproach me.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:13Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.