6:1 Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had built the wall, and {that} there was no breach left in it, (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)
6:1 Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had built the wall, and {that} there was no breach left in it; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)

6:2 That Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, Come, let us meet together in {some one of} the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.
6:2 That Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, Come, let us meet together in {some one of} the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.

6:3 And I sent messengers to 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?
6:3 And I sent messengers to them, saying, I {am} doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, while I leave it, and come down to you?

6:4 Yet they sent to me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.
6:4 Yet they sent to me four times in this way; and I answered them after the same manner.

6:5 Then Sanballat sent his servant to me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand;
6:5 Then Sanballat sent his servant to me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand;

6:6 In which {was} written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith {it}, {that} thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall that thou mayest be their king, according to these words.
6:6 In which {was} written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith {it, that} thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their king, according to these words.

6:7 And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, {There is} a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.
6:7 And thou hast also appointed prophets to proclaim concerning thee at Jerusalem, saying, {There is} a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.

6:8 Then I sent to him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thy own heart.
6:8 Then I sent to him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou maketh up them out of thy own heart.

6:9 For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it may not be done. Now therefore, {O God}, strengthen my hands.
6:9 For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it may not be done. Now therefore, {O God}, strengthen my hands.

6:10 Afterward I came to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who {was} shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.
6:10 Afterward I came to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who {was} shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.

6:11 And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who {is there}, that, {being} as I {am}, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.
6:11 And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who {is there}, that, {being} as I {am}, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.

6:12 And lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
6:12 And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

6:13 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.
6:13 Therefore {was} he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and {that} they might have {matter} for a bad report, that they might reproach me.

6:14 My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.
6:14 My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.

6:15 So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth {day} of {the month} Elul, in fifty and two days.
6:15 So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth {day} of {the month} Elul, in fifty and two days.

6:16 And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard {of it}, and all the heathen that {were} about us saw {these things}, they were much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought by our God.
6:16 And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard {of it}, and all the heathen that {were} about us saw {these things}, they were much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought by our God.

6:17 Moreover, in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and {the letters} of Tobiah came to them.
6:17 Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and {the letters} of Tobiah came to them.

6:18 For {there were} many in Judah sworn to him, because he {was} the son-in-law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.
6:18 For {there were} many in Judah sworn to him, because he {was} the son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.

6:19 Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him. {And} Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.
6:19 Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him. {And} Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.