Nehemiah 6:12
Nehemiah 6:12-13 The Message (MSG)
I sensed that God hadn’t sent this man. The so-called prophecy he spoke to me was the work of Tobiah and Sanballat; they had hired him. He had been hired to scare me off—trick me—a layman, into desecrating The Temple and ruining my good reputation so they could accuse me.
Nehemiah 6:12 King James Version (KJV)
And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
Nehemiah 6:12 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Then I perceived that surely God had not sent him, but he uttered his prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
Nehemiah 6:12 New Century Version (NCV)
I knew that God had not sent him but that Tobiah and Sanballat had paid him to prophesy against me.
Nehemiah 6:12 American Standard Version (ASV)
And I discerned, and, lo, God had not sent him; but he pronounced this prophecy against me: and Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
Nehemiah 6:12 New International Version (NIV)
I realized that God had not sent him, but that he had prophesied against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
Nehemiah 6:12 New King James Version (NKJV)
Then I perceived that God had not sent him at all, but that he pronounced this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
Nehemiah 6:12 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Then I realized that God had not sent him, but he spoke this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.