4They sent to me four times after this sort; and I answered them the same way.


In Context

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.

Nehemiah 6:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:4Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:4Four times they sent me the same message, and each time I gave them the same answer.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:4And they sent to me according to this word, four times: and I answered them after the same manner.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:4And they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:4And they sent to me four times after this sort; and I answered them in the same manner.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:4And they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:4Yet they sent to me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:4and they send unto me, according to this word, four times, and I return them word according to this word.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:4Yet they sent to me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.