Nehemiah 6:3

Nehemiah chapter 6 · verse 3 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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?

Context

v.2that Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.

v.3This passage

v.4And they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

1 Timothy 4:15
Be diligent in these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy progress may be manifest unto all.
Luke 14:30
saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
Matthew 10:16
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.
John 9:4
We must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
Proverbs 14:15
The simple believeth every word; But the prudent man looketh well to his going.