Nehemiah 6:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So 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?””
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“So 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?””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?”
King James Version · Public Domain“And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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?'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Nehemiah 6:3 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Nehemiah 4:13So I stationed men behind the lowest sections of the wall, at the vulnerable areas. I stationed them by families with their swords, spears, and bows.
- Proverbs 14:15The simple man believes every word, but the prudent man watches his steps.
- Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
- Matthew 10:16Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
- Luke 14:30saying, ‘This man could not finish what he started to build.’
- John 9:4While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.
- 1 Timothy 4:15Be diligent in these matters and absorbed in them, so that your progress will be evident to all.
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