Nehemiah 6:13
King James Version
Translation: KJV
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.Select Nehemiah 6:11
12And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.Select Nehemiah 6:12
13Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.Select Nehemiah 6:13
14My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.Select Nehemiah 6:14
15So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.Select Nehemiah 6:15
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WEB
6:13 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.
ASV
6:13 For this cause was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.
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