Nehemiah 6:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then I sent him this reply: “There is nothing to these rumors you are spreading; you are inventing them in your own mind.””
A short, plain-language explanation of Nehemiah 6:8 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“Then I sent him this reply: “There is nothing to these rumors you are spreading; you are inventing them in your own mind.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And I send unto him, saying, `It hath not been according to these words that thou art saying, for from thine own heart thou art devising them;'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Nehemiah 6:8 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 13:4You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.
- Psalms 36:3The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.
- Psalms 38:12Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
- Psalms 52:2Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
- Isaiah 59:4No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
- Daniel 11:27And the two kings, with their hearts bent on evil, will speak lies at the same table, but to no avail, for still the end will come at the appointed time.
- Matthew 12:34You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.
- John 8:44You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
- Acts 24:12Yet my accusers did not find me debating with anyone in the temple or riling up a crowd in the synagogues or in the city.
- Acts 25:7When Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges that they could not prove.
- Acts 25:10Paul replied, “I am standing before the judgment seat of Caesar, where I ought to be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you yourself know very well.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).