Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
And I sent to him saying, These things which you are saying are not happening, but you pretend them out of your own heart.
New American Standard Bible
Then I sent a message to him saying, “Such things as you are saying have not been done, but you are
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.
Holman Bible
Then I replied to him, “There is nothing to these rumors you are spreading; you are inventing them in your own mind.”
International Standard Version
I sent word back to him, "Nothing has happened as you've claimed. You're making up these charges in your imagination."
A Conservative Version
Then I sent to him, saying, There are no such things done as thou say, but thou imagine them out of thine own heart.
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.
Amplified
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.”
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.
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.
Julia Smith Translation
And I shall send to him saying, It was not according to these words which thou sayest, for from thy heart thou feignest them.
King James 2000
Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as you say, but you invent them out of your own heart.
Lexham Expanded 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"--
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Nevertheless, I sent unto him, saying, "There is no such thing done as thou sayest: thou hast feigned it out of thine own heart."
NET Bible
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."
New Heart English Bible
Then I sent to him, saying, "There are no such things done as you say, but you imagine them out of your own heart."
The 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.
Webster
Then I sent to him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thy own heart.
World English Bible
Then I sent to him, saying, "There are no such things done as you say, but you imagine them out of your own heart."
Youngs 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;'
Themes
false Accusation » Incidents illustrative of » Against jews, returned under ezra
Tobiah » An enemy of the jews in the time of nehemiah » Conspires to injure and intimidate nehemiah
Interlinear
Shalach
Dabar
References
Morish
Word Count of 20 Translations in Nehemiah 6:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Enemies Foiled
7 And you have also set up prophets to preach about you at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah. And now it shall be reported to the king according to these words. And now come and let us talk it over together. 8 And I sent to him saying, These things which you are saying are not happening, but you pretend them out of your own heart. 9 For they all were alarmers of us, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work so that it may not be done. And now, O God, make my hands strong.
Names
Cross References
Job 13:4
But you are imputers of lies; you are all worthless healers.
Psalm 52:2
Your tongue devises evil, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Psalm 36:3
The words of his mouth are evil and deceit; he has stopped acting wisely and doing good.
Psalm 38:12
And those who seek my life lay snares for me; and those who seek my hurt speak sly things, and utter deceits all the day long.
Isaiah 59:4
None calls for justice, nor does anyone plead for truth; they trust in vanity and speak lies. They conceive mischief and bring out iniquity.
Daniel 11:27
And both these kings' hearts shall be to do evil, and they shall speak lies at one table. But it shall not succeed. For still the end comes at the time appointed.
Matthew 12:34
Offspring of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
John 8:44
You are of the Devil as father, and the lusts of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and did not abide in the truth because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own, for he is a liar and the father of it.
Acts 24:12-13
And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, nor making a gathering of a crowd; not even in the synagogues, nor throughout the city.
Acts 25:7
And he having come, the Jews who came down from Jerusalem stood around and brought many charges against Paul, which they could not prove.
Acts 25:10
But Paul said, I stand at Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought to be judged. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you very well know.