Nehemiah 6:8 “Then I sent him this reply: “There is nothing to these rumors you are…”

Nehemiah 6:8

Then I sent him this reply: “There is nothing to these rumors you are spreading; you are inventing them in your own mind.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.

World English Bible

Then I sent to him, saying, “There are no such things done as you say, but you imagine them out of your own heart.”

American Standard Version

Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then I sent vnto him, saying, It is not done according to these wordes that thou sayest: for thou feynest them of thine owne heart.

Darby Translation

And I sent to him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.

Young's Literal Translation

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;'

Bible in Basic English

Then I sent to him, saying, No such things as you say are being done, they are only a fiction you have made up yourself.

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Cross references

“There are”

Acts 25:7 Acts 25:10 Acts 24:12 Acts 24:13

Acts 25:7 · BSB

When Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges that they could not prove.

Acts 25:10 · BSB

Paul replied, “I am standing before the judgment seat of Caesar, where I ought to be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you yourself know very well.

Acts 24:12 · BSB

Yet my accusers did not find me debating with anyone in the temple or riling up a crowd in the synagogues or in the city.

Acts 24:13 · BSB

Nor can they prove to you any of their charges against me.

“thou feignest”

Psalm 52:2 Job 13:4 Psalm 36:3 Psalm 38:12 Isaiah 59:4 Daniel 11:27

Psalm 52:2 · BSB

Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.

Job 13:4 · BSB

You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.

Psalm 36:3 · BSB

The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.

Psalm 38:12 · BSB

Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.

Isaiah 59:4 · BSB

No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.

Daniel 11:27 · BSB

And the two kings, with their hearts bent on evil, will speak lies at the same table, but to no avail, for still the end will come at the appointed time.

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

In context

7and you have even appointed prophets in Jerusalem to proclaim on your behalf: ‘There is a king in Judah.’ Soon these rumors will reach the ears of the king. So come, let us confer together.”

9For they were all trying to frighten us, saying, “Their hands will be weakened in the work, and it will never be finished.” But now, my God, strengthen my hands.

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