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Nehemiah 6:3

WEB

3I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work, so that I can’t come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and come down to you?”

KJV

3And 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?

BSB

3So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it to go down to you?”

FBV

3So I sent messengers to tell them, “I'm busy with important work and I can't come down. Why should I stop what I'm doing and leave it to come and see you?”

Extra References

Matthew 10:16

16“Behold, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.

John 9:4

4I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.

1 Timothy 4:15-16

15Be diligent in these things. Give yourself wholly to them, that your progress may be revealed to all. 16Pay attention to yourself and to your teaching. Continue in these things, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.

Luke 14:30

30saying, ‘This man began to build and wasn’t able to finish.’

Proverbs 14:15

15A simple man believes everything, but the prudent man carefully considers his ways.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

10Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor plan, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol,[+] where you are going.