Nehemiah 6:13

World English Bible (WEB)

He was hired so that I would be afraid, do so, and sin, and that they might have material for an evil report, that they might reproach me.

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11 I said, “Should a man like me flee? Who is there that, being such as I, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.”

12 I discerned, and behold, God had not sent him, but he pronounced this prophecy against me. Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

13 He was hired so that I would be afraid, do so, and sin, and that they might have material for an evil report, that they might reproach me.

14 “Remember, my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also the prophetess Noadiah and the rest of the prophets that would have put me in fear.”

15 So the wall was finished in the twenty-fifth day of Elul, in fifty-two days.

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Nehemiah 6:13 in every translation

WEB World English Bible: He was hired so that I would be afraid, do so, and sin, and that they might have material for an evil report, that they might reproach me.
KJV King James Version: 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.
BSB Berean Standard Bible: He had been hired to intimidate me so that I would sin by doing as he suggested, so they could give me a bad name in order to discredit me.
ASV American Standard Version: For this cause 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.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: so that he [is] an hireling, that I may fear and do so, and I had sinned, and it had been to them for an evil name that they may reproach me.
DBY Darby Translation: Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have wherewith to spread an evil report, that they might reproach me.
WBS Webster Bible: 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.