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.'


In Context

8 And 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;'

9 for all of them are making us afraid, saying, 'Their hands are too feeble for the work, and it is not done;' and now, strengthen Thou my hands.

10 And I have entered the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabeel — and he is restrained — and he saith, 'Let us meet at the house of God, at the inside of the temple, and we shut the doors of the temple, for they are coming in to slay thee — yea, by night they are coming in to slay thee.'

11 And 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.'

12 And I discern, and lo, God hath not sent him, for in the prophecy he hath spoken unto me both Tobiah and Sanballat hired him,

13 so 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.

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 World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:11I 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.|

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.