Nehemiah 6:4 “Four times they sent me the same message, and each time I gave the sam…”

Nehemiah 6:4

Four times they sent me the same message, and each time I gave the same reply.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Yet they sent vnto me foure times after this sort. And I answered them after the same maner.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

And four times they sent to me in this way, and I sent them the same answer.

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Cross references

“four times”

Luke 18:5 Judges 16:6 Judges 16:10 Judges 16:15–20 Proverbs 7:21 1 Corinthians 15:58

Luke 18:5 · BSB

yet because this widow keeps pestering me, I will give her justice. Otherwise, she will wear me out with her perpetual requests.’”

Judges 16:6 · BSB

So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me the source of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.”

Judges 16:10 · BSB

Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me! Now please tell me how you can be tied up.”

Judges 16:15–20 · BSB

“How can you say, ‘I love you,’” she asked, “when your heart is not with me? This is the third time you have mocked me and failed to reveal to me the source of your great strength!”

Proverbs 7:21 · BSB

With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.

1 Corinthians 15:58 · BSB

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

“and I answered”

Proverbs 14:15

Proverbs 14:15 · BSB

The simple man believes every word, but the prudent man watches his steps.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it to go down to you?”

5The fifth time, Sanballat sent me this same message by his young servant, who had in his hand an unsealed letter

Read Nehemiah 6