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


In Context

1 And it cometh to pass, when it hath been heard by Sanballat, and Tobiah, and by Geshem the Arabian, and by the rest of our enemies, that I have builded the wall, and there hath not been left in it a breach, (also, till that time the doors I had not set up in the gates,)

2 that Sanballat sendeth, also Geshem, unto me, saying, 'Come and we meet together in the villages, in the valley of Ono;' and they are thinking to do to me evil.

3 And I send unto them messengers, saying, 'A great work I am doing, and I am not able to come down; why doth the work cease when I let it alone, and have come down unto you?'

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

5 And Sanballat sendeth unto me, according to this word, a fifth time, his servant, and an open letter in his hand;

6 it is written in it, 'Among the nations it hath been heard, and Gashmu is saying: Thou and the Jews are thinking to rebel, therefore thou art building the wall, and thou hast been to them for a 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 World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:4They sent to me four times after this sort; and I answered them the same way.

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.