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Nehemiah 6:5
Nehemiah 6:5 is verse 5 of Nehemiah chapter 6, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
The fifth time, Sanballat sent me this same message by his young servant, who had in his hand an unsealed letter
King James Version
Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand;
World English Bible
Then Sanballat sent his servant to me the same way the fifth time with an open letter in his hand,
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Nehemiah 6:3–7 · Berean Standard Bible
3 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?”
4 Four times they sent me the same message, and each time I gave the same reply.
5 The fifth time, Sanballat sent me this same message by his young servant, who had in his hand an unsealed letter
6 that read: “It is reported among the nations—and Geshem agrees—that you and the Jews are plotting to revolt, and this is why you are building the wall. According to these reports, you are to become their king,
7 and 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.”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
2 Kings 18:26Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, along with Shebnah and Joah, said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Do not speak with us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall.”
2 Kings 18:27But the Rabshakeh replied, “Has my master sent me to speak these words only to you and your master, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are destined with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?”
2 Kings 18:28Then the Rabshakeh stood and called out loudly in Hebrew: “Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria!
2 Corinthians 2:11in order that Satan should not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.
2 Corinthians 11:13For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
2 Corinthians 11:14And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.
2 Corinthians 11:15It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their actions.
Ephesians 6:11Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.
2 Thessalonians 2:10and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.