4They sent to me four times after this sort; and I answered them the same way.
4They sent to me four times after this sort; and I answered them the same way.
1 Now it happened, when it was reported to Sanballat and Tobiah, and to Geshem the Arabian, and to the rest of our enemies, that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though even to that time I had not set up the doors in the gates;)
2 that Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, |Come, let us meet together in one of the villages in the plain of Ono.| But they intended to harm me.
3 I sent messengers to them, saying, |I am doing a great work, so that I can't come down. Why should the work cease, while I leave it, and come down to you?|
4 They sent to me four times after this sort; and I answered them the same way.
5 Then Sanballat sent his servant to me the same way the fifth time with an open letter in his hand,
6 in which was written, |It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu says it, that you and the Jews intend to rebel. Because of that, you are building the wall. You would be their king, according to these words.
6:4Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.
6:4Four times they sent me the same message, and each time I gave them the same answer.
6:4And they sent to me according to this word, four times: and I answered them after the same manner.
6:4And they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.
6:4And they sent to me four times after this sort; and I answered them in the same manner.
6:4And they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.
6:4Yet they sent to me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.
6:4and they send unto me, according to this word, four times, and I return them word according to this word.
6:4Yet they sent to me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.