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


In Context

5 Then Sanballat sent his servant to me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand;

6 In which was written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall that thou mayest be their king, according to these words.

7 And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.

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

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

10 Afterward I came to 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.

Nehemiah 6:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:8Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:8I sent him this reply: "Nothing like what you are saying is happening; you are just making it up out of your head."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:8And I sent to them, saying: There is no such thing done as thou sayest: but thou feignest these things out of thy own heart.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:8Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:8And I sent to him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:8Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:8Then I sent to him, saying, |There are no such things done as you say, but you imagine them out of your own heart.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:8And I send unto him, saying, 'It hath not been according to these words that thou art saying, for from thine own heart thou art devising them;'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:8Then I sent to him, saying, There are no such things done as you say, but you feign them out of your own heart.