Nehemiah 6:13 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Therefore 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.”
Nehemiah 6:13 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Nehemiah 6:13 in 6 Bible Translations
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Nehemiah 6:13 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“He was 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.”
Nehemiah 6:13 — World English Bible
Nehemiah 6:13 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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.”
Nehemiah 6:13 — American Standard Version
Nehemiah 6:13 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“so that he <FI>is<Fi> 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 6:13 — Young's Literal Translation
Nehemiah 6:13 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have wherewith to spread an evil report, that they might reproach me.”
Nehemiah 6:13 — Darby Translation
Nehemiah 6:13 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Therefore was he hyred, that I might be afrayde, and doe thus, and sinne, and that they might haue an euill report that they might reproche me.”
Nehemiah 6:13 — Geneva Bible
Nehemiah 6:13 in Context — Nehemiah 6
11 Entonces dije: ¿Un hombre como yo ha de huir? ¿y quién, que como yo fuera, entraría al templo para salvar la vida? No entraré.
12 Y entendí que Dios no lo había enviado, sino que hablaba aquella profecía contra mí, porque Tobías y Sanballat le habían alquilado por salario.
13 Porque sobornado fué para hacerme temer así, y que pecase, y les sirviera de mal nombre con que fuera yo infamado.
14 Acuérdate, Dios mío, de Tobías y de Sanballat, conforme á estas sus obras, y también de Noadías profetisa, y de los otros profetas que hacían por ponerme miedo.
15 Acabóse pues el muro el veinticinco [del mes] de Elul, en cincuenta y dos días.
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What Does Nehemiah 6:13 Mean?
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