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.|


In Context

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

9 For they all would have made us afraid, saying, |Their hands will be weakened from the work, that it not be done. But now, God, strengthen my hands.|

10 I went to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, who was shut in at his home; 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 kill you; yes, in the night will they come to kill you.|

11 I 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.|

12 I discerned, and behold, God had not sent him; but he pronounced this prophecy against me. Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

13 He 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.

Nehemiah 6:11 in Other Translations

The 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.

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 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.