Nehemiah 6:17

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Also in those days, the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters came back to them.”

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BSBPD

“Also in those days, the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters came back to them.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Also, in those days the freemen of Judah are multiplying their letters going unto Tobiah, and those of Tobiah are coming in unto them;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Nehemiah 6:17 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Nehemiah 3:5Next to him, the Tekoites made repairs, but their nobles did not put their shoulders to the work under their supervisors.
  2. Nehemiah 5:7and after serious thought I rebuked the nobles and officials, saying, “You are exacting usury from your own brothers!” So I called a large assembly against them
  3. Nehemiah 13:28Even one of the sons of Jehoiada son of Eliashib the high priest had become a son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite. Therefore I drove him away from me.
  4. Micah 7:1Woe is me! For I am like one gathering summer fruit at the gleaning of the vineyard; there is no cluster to eat, no early fig that I crave.
  5. Matthew 24:10At that time many will fall away and will betray and hate one another,

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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