{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/kjv/nehemiah/6","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T08:43:50.808Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"Nehemiah","bookSlug":"nehemiah","chapter":6,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":5,"nextChapter":7,"totalChapters":13,"totalVerses":19},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and <i>that</i> there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in <i>some one of</i> the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I <i>am</i> doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand;"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Wherein <i>was</i> written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith <i>it, that</i> thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their king, according to these words."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, <i>There is</i> a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, <i>O God</i>, strengthen my hands."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who <i>was</i> shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who <i>is there</i>, that, <i>being</i> as I <i>am</i>, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Therefore <i>was</i> he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and <i>that</i> they might have <i>matter</i> for an evil report, that they might reproach me."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth <i>day</i> of <i>the month</i> Elul, in fifty and two days."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard <i>thereof</i>, and all the heathen that <i>were</i> about us saw <i>these things</i>, they were much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and <i>the letters</i> of Tobiah came unto them."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"For <i>there were</i> many in Judah sworn unto him, because he <i>was</i> the son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him. <i>And</i> Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear."}],"citation":{"inline":"Nehemiah 6 (KJV)","markdown":"[Nehemiah 6](https://primebible.com/kjv/nehemiah/6)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/nehemiah/6 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}