Parallel Verses
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;'
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 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.
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."
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 also, prophets thou hast appointed to call for thee in Jerusalem, saying, A king is in Judah, and now it is heard by the king according to these words; and now come, and we take counsel together.' 8 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;' 9 for all of them are making us afraid, saying, 'Their hands are too feeble for the work, and it is not done;' and now, strengthen Thou my hands.
Names
Cross References
Job 13:4
And yet, ye are forgers of falsehood, Physicians of nought -- all of you,
Psalm 52:2
Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.
Psalm 36:3
The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit, He ceased to act prudently -- to do good.
Psalm 38:12
And those seeking my soul lay a snare, And those seeking my evil Have spoken mischievous things, And they do deceits meditate all the day.
Isaiah 59:4
There is none calling in righteousness, And there is none pleading in faithfulness, Trusting on emptiness, and speaking falsehood, Conceiving perverseness, and bearing iniquity.
Daniel 11:27
And both of the kings' hearts are to do evil, and at one table they speak lies, and it doth not prosper, for yet the end is at a time appointed.
Matthew 12:34
Brood of vipers! how are ye able to speak good things -- being evil? for out of the abundance of the heart doth the mouth speak.
John 8:44
Ye are of a father -- the devil, and the desires of your father ye will to do; he was a man-slayer from the beginning, and in the truth he hath not stood, because there is no truth in him; when one may speak the falsehood, of his own he speaketh, because he is a liar -- also his father.
Acts 24:12-13
and neither in the temple did they find me reasoning with any one, or making a dissension of the multitude, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city;
Acts 25:7
and he having come, there stood round about the Jews who have come down from Jerusalem -- many and weighty charges they are bringing against Paul, which they were not able to prove,
Acts 25:10
and Paul said, 'At the tribunal of Caesar I am standing, where it behoveth me to be judged; to Jews I did no unrighteousness, as thou dost also very well know;