KJV King James Version
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.
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Nehemiah 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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
O my God, remember Tobiah and Sanballat for what they have done, and also Noadiah the prophetess and the other prophets who tried to intimidate me.
WEB World English Bible
“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.”
ASV American Standard Version
Remember, O 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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Be mindful, O my God, of Tobiah, and of Sanballat, according to these his works, and also, of Noadiah the prophetess, and of the rest of the prophets who have been making me afraid.
Surrounding context — Nehemiah 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.
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.
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.
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.
15 So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth [day] of [the month] Elul, in fifty and two days.
16 And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard [thereof], 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 of our God.
17 Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and [the letters] of Tobiah came unto them.
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זָכְרָ֧הH2142 · za.kharto rememberאֱלֹהַ֛יH430 · e.lo.himGodלְטוֹבִיָּ֥הH2900 · to.viy.yahTobijahוּלְסַנְבַלַּ֖טH5571 · san.val.latSanballatכְּמַעֲשָׂ֣יוH4639 · ma.a.sehdeed: workאֵ֑לֶּהH428 · el.lehtheseוְגַ֨םH1571 · gamalsoלְנוֹעַדְיָ֤הH5129 · no.ad.yahNoadiahהַנְּבִיאָה֙H5031 · ne.vi.ahprophetessוּלְיֶ֣תֶרH3499 · ye.terremainderהַנְּבִיאִ֔יםH5030 · na.viprophetאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichהָי֖וּH1961 · ha.yahto beמְיָֽרְאִ֥יםH3372 · ya.reto fearאוֹתִֽי׃H853 · et[Obj.]
Cross-references
Nehemiah 13:29Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.2 Timothy 4:14-15Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works:Nehemiah 5:19Think upon me, my God, for good, [according] to all that I have done for this people.Jeremiah 14:15Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.Jeremiah 28:10Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, and brake it.Jeremiah 28:1And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, [and] in the fifth month, [that] Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which [was] of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the LORD, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,1 Kings 22:22-24And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade [him], and prevail also: go forth, and do so.Psalm 140:5-11The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.Psalm 63:1A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou [art] my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;Isaiah 9:14-15Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.1 John 5:16If any man see his brother sin a sin [which is] not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.2 Timothy 3:8Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.Matthew 24:24For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if [it were] possible, they shall deceive the very elect.Revelation 19:20And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.Jeremiah 18:20-23Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, [and] to turn away thy wrath from them.Psalm 22:1To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [why art thou so] far from helping me, [and from] the words of my roaring?Psalm 36:11-12Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.Nehemiah 4:4-5Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:
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