Nehemiah 6:19

Modern

Moreover, these nobles kept reporting to me Tobiah’s good deeds, and they relayed my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to intimidate me.

Traditional

Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.

Literal

Also his good deeds they were reporting before me, and my words were reported to him. Tobiah sent letters to frighten me.

Latin

…sed et laudabant eum coram me, et verba mea nuntiabant ei: et Tobias mittebat epistolas ut terreret me.

Hebrew

English

Moreover, these nobles kept reporting to me Tobiah’s good deeds, and they relayed my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to intimidate me.

After solving the financial crisis (see Nehemiah 5), the story shifts back to how those against rebuilding tried to scare or stop Nehemiah.

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah 37:10–14
“Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
Nehemiah 6:9
For they were all trying to frighten us, saying, “Their hands will be weakened in the work, and it will never be finished.” But now, my God, strengthen my hands.
John 7:7
The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.
Proverbs 28:4
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law resist them.
Acts 4:18–21
Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.
Nehemiah 6:13
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.
1 John 4:5
They are of the world. That is why they speak from the world’s perspective, and the world listens to them.
John 15:19
If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.

Tobiah: Ammonite official who opposed Nehemiah's rebuilding efforts