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Green's Literal Translation

Nehemiah 6:8

And I sent to him, saying, These things which you are saying are not happening, for you pretend them out of your own heart.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Accusation, False;   Tobiah;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Geshem or Gashmu;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Nehemiah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Geshem;   Nehemiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Nehemiah, Book of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Sanballat ;   Tobiah ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Sanballat;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jerusalem;   Sanballat;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Feign;   Hosea;   Prophecy;   Zechariah, Book of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then I replied to him, “There is nothing to these rumors you are spreading; you are inventing them in your own mind.”
Hebrew Names Version
Then I sent to him, saying, There are no such things done as you say, but you feign them out of your own heart.
King James Version
Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.
English Standard Version
Then I sent to him, saying, "No such things as you say have been done, for you are inventing them out of your own mind."
New Century Version
So I sent him back this answer: "Nothing you are saying is really happening. You are just making it up in your own mind."
New English Translation
I sent word back to him, "We are not engaged in these activities you are describing. All of this is a figment of your imagination."
Amplified Bible
I sent a message to him, saying, "Such things as you are saying have not been done; you are inventing them in your own mind."
New American Standard Bible
Then I sent a message to him saying, "Nothing like these things that you are saying has been done, but you are inventing them in your own mind."
World English Bible
Then I sent to him, saying, There are no such things done as you say, but you feign them out of your own heart.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then I sent vnto him, saying, It is not done according to these wordes that thou sayest: for thou feynest them of thine owne heart.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then I sent a message to him, saying, "Such words as you are saying have not been done, but you are devising them in your own heart."
Berean Standard Bible
Then I sent him this reply: "There is nothing to these rumors you are spreading; you are inventing them in your own mind."
Contemporary English Version
I sent a message back to Sanballat, saying, "None of this is true! You are making it all up."
Complete Jewish Bible
I sent him this answer; "Nothing like what you are saying is being done. You're making it all up in your head."
Darby Translation
And I sent to him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.
Easy-to-Read Version
So I sent this answer back to Sanballat: "Nothing you are saying is happening. You are just making all that up in your own head."
George Lamsa Translation
Then I sent to him, saying, There is no truth in such words as these which you say; you are saying them out of your own heart.
Good News Translation
I sent a reply to him: "Nothing of what you are saying is true. You have made it all up yourself."
Lexham English Bible
So I sent to him saying, "None of these words you have spoken has happened. You are indeed saying things created in your own mind"—
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Neuertheles I sent vnto him, sayenge: There is no soch thinge done as thou sayest: thou hast fayned it out of thine owne hert.
American Standard Version
Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.
Bible in Basic English
Then I sent to him, saying, No such things as you say are being done, they are only a fiction you have made up yourself.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And I sent vnto him, saying: There is no such thing done as thou sayest, for thou fainest them out of thyne owne heart.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then I sent unto him, saying: 'There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.'
King James Version (1611)
Then I sent vnto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine owne heart.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And I sent to him, saying, It has not happened according to these words, even as thou sayest, for thou framest them falsely out of thy heart.
English Revised Version
Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y sente to hem, and seide, It is not doon bi these wordis whiche thou spekist; for of thin herte thou makist these thingis.
Update Bible Version
Then I sent to him, saying, There are no such things done as you say, but you feign them out of your own heart.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then I sent to him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thy own heart.
New King James Version
Then I sent to him, saying, "No such things as you say are being done, but you invent them in your own heart."
New Living Translation
I replied, "There is no truth in any part of your story. You are making up the whole thing."
New Life Bible
Then I sent word to him, saying, "No such things as you say have been done. You are making them up in your own mind."
New Revised Standard
Then I sent to him, saying, "No such things as you say have been done; you are inventing them out of your own mind"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then sent I unto him, saying, Nothing hath been done, according to these words, which thou art saying, - but, out of thine own heart, art thou feigning them.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And I sent to them, saying: There is no such thing done as thou sayest: but thou feignest these things out of thy own heart.
Revised Standard Version
Then I sent to him, saying, "No such things as you say have been done, for you are inventing them out of your own mind."
Young's Literal Translation
And I send unto him, saying, `It hath not been according to these words that thou art saying, for from thine own heart thou art devising them;'
THE MESSAGE
I sent him back this: "There's nothing to what you're saying. You've made it all up."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then I sent a message to him saying, "Such things as you are saying have not been done, but you are inventing them in your own mind."

Contextual Overview

1 And it happened, when it was heard by Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and to the rest of our enemies, that I had built the wall, and that no break was left in it though at that time I had not set up doors on the gates, 2 Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, Come, let us meet together in the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do evil to me. 3 And I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, and I cannot come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and come down to you? 4 And they sent to me four times in this way. And I answered them in the same way. 5 Then Sanballat sent his servant to me in the same way the fifth time with an open letter in his hand, in which was written, 6 It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu says that you and the Jews plan to rebel; for which reason you are building the wall, so that you may be a king to them, according to these words. 7 And you have also set up prophets to preach about you at Jerusalem, saying, A king in Judah! And now it shall be reported to the king according to these words. Therefore, come now and let us consult together. 8 And I sent to him, saying, These things which you are saying are not happening, for you pretend them out of your own heart. 9 For they all made us fear, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, and it will not be done. And now, make my hands strong.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

There are: Acts 24:12, Acts 24:13, Acts 25:7, Acts 25:10

thou feignest: Job 13:4, Psalms 36:3, Psalms 38:12, Psalms 52:2, Isaiah 59:4, Daniel 11:27, Matthew 12:34, John 8:44

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 37:14 - said

Cross-References

Genesis 6:12
And God looked on the earth, and behold, it was corrupted. For all flesh had corrupted its way on the earth.
Genesis 6:17
And behold, I, even I, am bringing a flood of waters on the earth in order to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life from under the heavens. Everything which is on the earth shall die.
Genesis 19:19
Behold, now, Your servant has found grace in Your sight, and You have magnified Your mercy which You have done to me in saving my life. And I am not able to escape to the mountain lest some evil overtake me and I die.
Psalms 84:11
For Jehovah God is a sun and shield; Jehovah will give grace and glory; He will withhold nothing good from those who walk in integrity.
Psalms 145:20
Jehovah watches over all who love Him; but He destroys all the wicked.
Proverbs 3:4
and you shall find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
Proverbs 8:35
For whoever finds me finds life, and he shall obtain favor from Jehovah.
Proverbs 12:2
The good obtain grace from Jehovah, but He will condemn a man of wicked devices.
Jeremiah 31:2
So says Jehovah, Israel, the people, the survivors of the sword, have found grace in the wilderness, I will go to give rest to him.
Luke 1:30
And the angel said to her, Do not fear, Mary, for you have found favor from God.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then I sent unto him,.... Whether a letter, or a messenger, is not said:

saying there are no such things done as thou sayest; that there was any scheme formed to rebel, and make him king, or that prophets were appointed to declare him such:

but thou feignest them out of thine own heart; in short, that they were no other than lies of his own inventing.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Nehemiah 6:8. There are no such things done — You well know that what you say is false: I shall not, therefore, trouble myself about a false charge.


 
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