Nehemiah 6:5

Modern

The fifth time, Sanballat sent me this same message by his young servant, who had in his hand an unsealed letter

Traditional

Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand;

Literal

And Sanballat sent to me according to this word the fifth time, his servant with an open letter in his hand,

Latin

Et misit ad me Sanaballat juxta verbum prius quinta vice puerum suum, et epistolam habebat in manu sua scriptam hoc modo:

Hebrew

English

The fifth time, Sanballat sent me this same message by his young servant, who had in his hand an unsealed letter

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

2 Thessalonians 2:10
…and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.
2 Corinthians 11:13–15
For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
2 Corinthians 2:11
…in order that Satan should not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.
2 Kings 18:26–28
Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, along with Shebnah and Joah, said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Do not speak with us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall.”
Ephesians 6:11
Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.

Sanballat: Governor of Samaria, opposed Nehemiah's rebuilding of Jerusalem