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.


In Context

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.

14 My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.

15 So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.

Nehemiah 6:13 in Other Translations

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 Darby 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 wherewith to spread 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.