Nehemiah 6:3
And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?
KJV
Misi ergo ad eos nuntios, dicens : Opus grande ego facio, et non possum descendere, ne forte negligatur cum venero, et descendero ad vos.
Vulgate
καὶ ἀπέστειλα ἐπ’ αὐτοὺς ἀγγέλους λέγων Ἔργον μέγα ἐγὼ ποιῶ, καὶ οὐ δυνήσομαι καταβῆναι, μή ποτε καταπαύσῃ τὸ ἔργον· ὡς ἂν τελειώσω αὐτό, καταβήσομαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς.
LXX
And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?
ASV
וָ/אֶשְׁלְחָ֨/ה עֲלֵי/הֶ֤ם מַלְאָכִים֙ לֵ/אמֹ֔ר מְלָאכָ֤ה גְדוֹלָה֙ אֲנִ֣י עֹשֶׂ֔ה וְ/לֹ֥א אוּכַ֖ל לָ/רֶ֑דֶת לָ֣/מָּה תִשְׁבַּ֤ת הַ/מְּלָאכָה֙ כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֣ר אַרְפֶּ֔/הָ וְ/יָרַדְתִּ֖י אֲלֵי/כֶֽם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Tim 4:15 — Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
- Acts 6:2 — Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.
- Eccl 9:10 — Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
- John 9:4 — I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
- Luke 14:30 — Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
- Matt 10:16 — Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
- Prov 14:15 — The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.