Nehemiah 6:17
Nehemiah chapter 6 · verse 17 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.
Context
v.16And it came to pass, when all our enemies heardthereof, that all the nations that were about us feared, and were much cast down in their own eyes; for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God.
v.17This passage
v.18For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah the son of Arah; and his son Jehohanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah to wife.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Nehemiah 13:28
And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.
- Matthew 24:10
And then shall many stumble, and shall deliver up one another, and shall hate one another.
- Nehemiah 5:7
Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I held a great assembly against them.
- Nehemiah 3:5
And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their lord.
- Micah 7:1
Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grape gleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat; my soul desireth the first-ripe fig.