11And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.


In Context

8 Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.

9 For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.

10 Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut 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 will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.

11 And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.

12 And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah 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 matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.

Nehemiah 6:11 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:11But I said, "Should a man like me run away? Or should one like me go into the temple to save his life? I will not go!"

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:11And I said: Should such a man as I Bee? and who is there that being as I am, would go into the temple, to save his life? I will not go in.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:11And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being such as I, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:11And 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:11And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being such as I, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:11And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:11I said, |Should such a man as I flee? Who is there that, being such as I, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:11And I say, 'A man such as I — doth he flee? and who as I, that doth go in unto the temple, and live? — I do not go in.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:11And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.