Nehemiah 6:3,8
Nehemiah 6:3 New King James Version (NKJV)
So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and go down to you?”
Nehemiah 6:8 New King James Version (NKJV)
Then I sent to him, saying, “No such things as you say are being done, but you invent them in your own heart.”
Nehemiah 6:2-3 The Message (MSG)
I knew they were scheming to hurt me so I sent messengers back with this: “I’m doing a great work; I can’t come down. Why should the work come to a standstill just so I can come down to see you?”
Nehemiah 6:8 The Message (MSG)
I sent him back this: “There’s nothing to what you’re saying. You’ve made it all up.”
Nehemiah 6:3 King James Version (KJV)
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?
Nehemiah 6:8 King James Version (KJV)
Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.
Nehemiah 6:3 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and I cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and come down to you?”
Nehemiah 6:8 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Then I sent a message to him saying, “Such things as you are saying have not been done, but you are inventing them in your own mind.”
Nehemiah 6:3 New Century Version (NCV)
So I sent messengers to them with this answer: “I am doing a great work, and I can’t come down. I don’t want the work to stop while I leave to meet you.”
Nehemiah 6:8 New Century Version (NCV)
So I sent him back this answer: “Nothing you are saying is really happening. You are just making it up in your own mind.”
Nehemiah 6:3 American Standard Version (ASV)
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?
Nehemiah 6:8 American Standard Version (ASV)
Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.
Nehemiah 6:3 New International Version (NIV)
so I sent messengers to them with this reply: “I am carrying on a great project and cannot go down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and go down to you?”
Nehemiah 6:8 New International Version (NIV)
I sent him this reply: “Nothing like what you are saying is happening; you are just making it up out of your head.”
Nehemiah 6:3 Amplified Bible (AMP)
So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave to come down to [meet with] you?”
Nehemiah 6:8 Amplified Bible (AMP)
I sent a message to him, saying, “Such things as you are saying have not been done; you are inventing them in your own mind.”
Nehemiah 6:3 New Living Translation (NLT)
so I replied by sending this message to them: “I am engaged in a great work, so I can’t come. Why should I stop working to come and meet with you?”
Nehemiah 6:8 New Living Translation (NLT)
I replied, “There is no truth in any part of your story. You are making up the whole thing.”