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Nehemiah 6

Neh. 6:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And, lo, I perceived
nakar (Hebrew #5234)
properly, to scrutinize, i.e. look intently at; hence (with recognition implied), to acknowledge, be acquainted with, care for, respect, revere, or (with suspicion implied), to disregard, ignore, be strange toward, reject, resign, dissimulate (as if ignorant or disowning)
KJV usage: acknowledge, X could, deliver, discern, dissemble, estrange, feign self to be another, know, take knowledge (notice), perceive, regard, (have) respect, behave (make) self strange(-ly).
Pronounce: naw-kar'
Origin: a primitive root
that God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
had not sent
shalach (Hebrew #7971)
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, X earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).
Pronounce: shaw-lakh'
Origin: a primitive root
him; but that he pronounced
dabar (Hebrew #1696)
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
KJV usage: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work.
Pronounce: daw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
this prophecy
nbuw'ah (Hebrew #5016)
a prediction (spoken or written)
KJV usage: prophecy.
Pronounce: neb-oo-aw'
Origin: from 5012
against me: for Tobiah
Towbiyah (Hebrew #2900)
from 2896 and 3050; goodness of Jehovah; Tobijah, the name of three Israelites and of one Samaritan
KJV usage: Tobiah, Tobijah.
Pronounce: to-bee-yaw'
Origin: or Towbiyahuw {to-bee-yaw'-hoo}
and Sanballat
Canballat (Hebrew #5571)
Sanballat, a Persian satrap of Samaria
KJV usage: Sanballat.
Pronounce: san-bal-lat'
Origin: of foreign origin
had hired
sakar (Hebrew #7936)
a primitive root (apparently akin (by prosthesis) to 3739 through the idea of temporary purchase; compare 7937); to hire
KJV usage: earn wages, hire (out self), reward, X surely.
Pronounce: saw-kar'
Origin: or (by permutation) cakar (Ezra 4:5) {saw-kar'}
him.

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God,
Prophecy; Prophet,
Sanballat,
Tobiah

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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I perceived.
Ezek. 13:22• 22Because ye sadden with falsehood the heart of the righteous whom I have not saddened, and strengthen the hands of the wicked that he should not return from his wicked way that I should save his life. (Ezek. 13:22)
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1 Cor. 2:15• 15but the spiritual [man] examineth all things, while he himself is examined by no one. (1 Cor. 2:15)
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1 Cor. 12:10• 10and to another operations of powers, and to another prophecy, and to another discerning of spirits; to a different one kinds of tongues, and to another interpretation of tongues. (1 Cor. 12:10)
God had.
Jer. 14:14• 14Then Jehovah said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart. (Jer. 14:14)
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Jer. 23:16,25• 16Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they lead you to vanity; they speak a vision of their own heart, not out of the mouth of Jehovah.
 25I have heard what the prophets say, who prophesy falsehood in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed. (Jer. 23:16,25)
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Jer. 28:15• 15Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; Jehovah hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie. (Jer. 28:15)
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Ezek. 13:7• 7Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, Jehovah saith it; albeit I have not spoken? (Ezek. 13:7)
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1 John 4:1• 1Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, if they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world. (1 John 4:1)
hired him.
Isa. 56:11• 11Yea, the dogs [are] greedy, they can never have enough; and these [are] shepherds [that] cannot understand: they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter. (Isa. 56:11)
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Ezek. 13:19• 19And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your lies? (Ezek. 13:19)
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Mic. 3:11• 11The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money; yet do they lean upon Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us. (Mic. 3:11)
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Acts 20:33• 33I coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel; (Acts 20:33)
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1 Tim. 3:3• 3not given to wine, no striker, but gentle, not contentious, not fond of money, (1 Tim. 3:3)
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Titus 1:7• 7For the overseer must be blameless, as God's steward; not self-willed, not passionate, not quarrelsome, not a striker, not a seeker of base lucre; (Titus 1:7)
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1 Peter 5:2• 2Tend the flock of God that [is] among you, exercising oversight, not by necessity but willingly, not for base gain, but readily, (1 Peter 5:2)
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2 Peter 2:3• 3And in covetousness with feigned words, they shall make merchandise of you: for whom judgment from of old is not idle, and their perdition slumbereth not. (2 Peter 2:3)
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Rev. 18:13• 13and cinnamon and amomum and incense and unguent and frankincense and wine and oil and fine flour and wheat and cattle and sheep, and of horses and of chariots and of bodies and souls of men. (Rev. 18:13)
• {v.12-13} the moment Nehemiah refused the temptation, he perceived the whole character of the enemy's designs, and, piercing through all his disguises, discovered the evil and hypocrisy that were at work to entrap his feet. It is ever so. We are only blinded as long as the temptation is unresisted; when it is refused, all concealment is gone, and Satan stands out fully disclosed. (“Exposition on Nehemiah: Nehemiah 6” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And I perceived, and behold, God had not sent him; for he pronounced this prophecy against me; and Tobijah and Sanballat had hired him.

W. Kelly Translation

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And I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me; for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)