Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Remember Tobiah and Sanballat, my God, because of what they have done; remember also the prophet Noadiah and how she and the rest of the prophets have been trying to intimidate me. New Living Translation Remember, O my God, all the evil things that Tobiah and Sanballat have done. And remember Noadiah the prophet and all the prophets like her who have tried to intimidate me. English Standard Version Remember Tobiah and Sanballat, O my God, according to these things that they did, and also the prophetess Noadiah and the rest of the prophets who wanted to make me afraid. Berean Standard Bible O my God, remember Tobiah and Sanballat for what they have done, and also Noadiah the prophetess and the other prophets who tried to intimidate me. King James Bible My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear. New King James Version My God, remember Tobiah and Sanballat, according to these their works, and the prophetess Noadiah and the rest of the prophets who would have made me afraid. New American Standard Bible Remember, my God, Tobiah and Sanballat in accordance with these works of theirs, and also Noadiah the prophetess and the rest of the prophets, who were trying to frighten me. NASB 1995 Remember, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these works of theirs, and also Noadiah the prophetess and the rest of the prophets who were trying to frighten me. NASB 1977 Remember, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these works of theirs, and also Noadiah the prophetess and the rest of the prophets who were trying to frighten me. Legacy Standard Bible Remember, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these works of theirs, and also Noadiah the prophetess and the rest of the prophets who were trying to make me afraid. Amplified Bible Remember, O My God, Tobiah and Sanballat in regard to these actions of theirs, and also [remember] the prophetess Noadiah and the rest of the prophets who were trying to frighten me. Christian Standard Bible My God, remember Tobiah and Sanballat for what they have done, and also the prophetess Noadiah and the other prophets who wanted to intimidate me. Holman Christian Standard Bible My God, remember Tobiah and Sanballat for what they have done, and also Noadiah the prophetess and the other prophets who wanted to intimidate me. American Standard Version Remember, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear. Contemporary English Version Then I asked God to punish Tobiah and Sanballat for what they had done. I prayed that God would punish the prophet Noadiah and the other prophets who, together with her, had tried to frighten me. English Revised Version Remember, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear. GOD'S WORD® Translation [Nehemiah prayed,] "My God, remember what Tobiah and Sanballat have done. Also, remember the female prophet Noadiah and the rest of the prophets who have been trying to intimidate me." Good News Translation I prayed, "God, remember what Tobiah and Sanballat have done and punish them. Remember that woman Noadiah and all the other prophets who tried to frighten me." International Standard Version "Remember me, my God, and take note of what Tobiah and Sanballat are doing. Also take note of the prophetess Noadiah and the rest of the prophets who intend to make me afraid." Majority Standard Bible O my God, remember Tobiah and Sanballat for what they have done, and also Noadiah the prophetess and the other prophets who tried to intimidate me. NET Bible Remember, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat in light of these actions of theirs--also Noadiah the prophetess and the other prophets who were trying to scare me! New Heart English Bible "Remember, my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear." Webster's Bible Translation My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear. World English Bible “Remember, my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also the prophetess Noadiah and the rest of the prophets that would have put me in fear.” Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionBe mindful, O my God, of Tobiah, and of Sanballat, according to these his works, and also, of Noadiah the prophetess, and of the rest of the prophets who have been making me afraid. Young's Literal Translation Be mindful, O my God, of Tobiah, and of Sanballat, according to these his works, and also, of Noadiah the prophetess, and of the rest of the prophets who have been making me afraid. Smith's Literal Translation Remember, O my God, to Tobiah and to Sanballat, according to these his works, and also to Noadiah the prophetess, and to the rest of the prophets who were causing me to fear. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleRemember me, O Lord, for Tobias and Sanaballat, according to their works of this kind: and Noadias the prophet, and the rest of the prophets that would have put me in fear. Catholic Public Domain Version Remember me, O Lord, because of Tobiah and Sanballat, because of their works of this kind. Then, too, Noadiah, a prophetess, and the rest of the prophets, would have made me afraid. New American Bible Keep in mind Tobiah and Sanballat, my God, because of these things they did; keep in mind as well Noadiah the woman prophet and the other prophets who were trying to intimidate me. New Revised Standard Version Remember Tobiah and Sanballat, O my God, according to these things that they did, and also the prophetess Noadiah and the rest of the prophets who wanted to make me afraid. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleRemember, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat and their companions according to these their impious works, and also Jodaiah the prophet and the rest of the prophets who tried to frighten me because of them. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Remember, my God, Tobia and Samblat and his companions according to their hateful works, also Youdaiah the Prophet and the rest of the Prophets who were intimidating me by them.” OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Remember, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have me put in fear. Brenton Septuagint Translation Remember, O God, Tobias and Sanaballat, according to these their deeds, and the prophetess Noadia, and the rest of the prophets who tried to alarm me. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Sanballat's Conspiracy…13He had been hired to intimidate me so that I would sin by doing as he suggested, so they could give me a bad name in order to discredit me. 14O my God, remember Tobiah and Sanballat for what they have done, and also Noadiah the prophetess and the other prophets who tried to intimidate me. Cross References Psalm 31:18 May lying lips be silenced—lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt. Psalm 35:4 May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded. Psalm 109:28 Though they curse, You will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but Your servant will rejoice. Jeremiah 18:18 Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his words.” Jeremiah 20:10 For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail against him and take our vengeance upon him.” Lamentations 3:61-63 O LORD, You have heard their insults, all their plots against me— / the slander and murmuring of my assailants against me all day long. / When they sit and when they rise, see how they mock me in song. Ezekiel 13:17-23 Now, O son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people who prophesy out of their own imagination. Prophesy against them / and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the women who sew magic charms on their wrists and make veils for the heads of people of every height, in order to ensnare their souls. Will you ensnare the souls of My people but preserve your own? / You have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people who would listen, you have killed those who should not have died and spared those who should not have lived. ... 2 Samuel 15:31 Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!” 1 Kings 18:17-18 When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, O troubler of Israel?” / “I have not troubled Israel,” Elijah replied, “but you and your father’s house have, for you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and have followed the Baals. Isaiah 54:17 No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD. Matthew 5:11-12 Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. / Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you. Matthew 23:34-35 Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town. / And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. Luke 6:22-23 Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man. / Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For their fathers treated the prophets in the same way. Luke 11:49-51 Because of this, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and others they will persecute.’ / As a result, this generation will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the foundation of the world, / from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, all of it will be charged to this generation. John 15:18-21 If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first. / If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. / Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well. ... Treasury of Scripture My God, think you on Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear. My God Nehemiah 5:19 Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people. Psalm 22:1 To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? Psalm 63:1 A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; think thou Nehemiah 4:4,5 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity: … Nehemiah 13:29 Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites. Psalm 36:11,12 Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me… on the prophetess 1 Kings 22:22-24 And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so… Isaiah 9:14,15 Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day… Jeremiah 14:15,18 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed… Jump to Previous Afraid Fear Frighten Making Mind Noadiah Prophet Prophetess Prophets Remember Rest Sanballat Sanbal'lat Theirs Think Tobiah Tobi'ah Tobijah Trying Wanted WorksJump to Next Afraid Fear Frighten Making Mind Noadiah Prophet Prophetess Prophets Remember Rest Sanballat Sanbal'lat Theirs Think Tobiah Tobi'ah Tobijah Trying Wanted WorksNehemiah 6 1. Sanballat practices by craft, by rumors, and by hired prophecies, to terrify Nehemiah15. The work is finished, to the terror of the enemies 17. Secret intelligence passes between the enemies and the nobles of Judah O my God, remember Tobiah and Sanballat for what they have done This phrase is a prayer of Nehemiah, invoking God's justice against his adversaries. Tobiah and Sanballat were prominent figures opposing the rebuilding of Jerusalem's walls. Their opposition is documented throughout the book of Nehemiah, highlighting their persistent attempts to thwart Nehemiah's efforts (Nehemiah 2:10, 4:1-3). The invocation to "remember" is a call for divine retribution, a common theme in the Psalms (Psalm 137:7). It reflects the belief that God is the ultimate judge who sees and acts upon the deeds of individuals. This plea for justice aligns with the biblical principle that vengeance belongs to the Lord (Deuteronomy 32:35). and also Noadiah the prophetess and the other prophets who tried to intimidate me Persons / Places / Events 1. NehemiahThe central figure in the book, Nehemiah is a Jewish leader who is instrumental in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem. He is known for his strong leadership and deep faith in God. 2. Tobiah An Ammonite official who, along with Sanballat, opposed Nehemiah's efforts to rebuild Jerusalem's walls. He is often seen as an antagonist in the account. 3. Sanballat A Samaritan leader who, like Tobiah, sought to thwart Nehemiah's work. He represents external opposition to God's plans. 4. Noadiah A prophetess mentioned in this verse, who, along with other prophets, attempted to intimidate Nehemiah. Her actions are seen as contrary to God's will. 5. Jerusalem The city whose walls Nehemiah is rebuilding. It is a central place of worship and identity for the Jewish people. Teaching Points Faithful LeadershipNehemiah exemplifies a leader who remains steadfast in the face of opposition. His reliance on prayer and God's justice is a model for Christian leadership today. Discernment in Opposition Nehemiah's ability to recognize and call out false prophets and adversaries highlights the importance of discernment in spiritual matters. Prayer as a Weapon Nehemiah's response to intimidation is prayer, demonstrating the power of prayer in spiritual warfare. Trust in God's Justice Nehemiah entrusts the judgment of his enemies to God, reminding us to rely on God's justice rather than seeking personal vengeance.(14) Think thou upon Tobiah.--This appeal to God is to be understood as an official prophetic prayer. Nehemiah puts God's own cause into God's own hands. The mention of the name of Noadiah, nowhere else referred to, shows the circumstantial nature of the narrative, and is an indirect evidence of its truth.Verse 14. - Tobiah and Sanballat. See ver. 12, with the comment. The prophetess Noadiah is not elsewhere mentioned. She has been supposed to have succumbed to a bribe, like Shemaiah (Ewald); but this is wholly uncertain. We only know that, together with certain soi-disant prophets, she endeavoured to "put Nehemiah in fear." It is clear that she was unsuccessful. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew O my God,אֱלֹהַ֛י (’ĕ·lō·hay) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative remember זָכְרָ֧ה (zā·ḵə·rāh) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 2142: To mark, to remember, to mention, to be male Tobiah לְטוֹבִיָּ֥ה (lə·ṭō·w·ḇî·yāh) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 2900: Tobiah -- 'Yah is my good', three Israelites, also an Ammonite and Sanballat וּלְסַנְבַלַּ֖ט (ū·lə·san·ḇal·laṭ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 5571: Sanballat -- a Samaritan leader for what they have done, כְּמַעֲשָׂ֣יו (kə·ma·‘ă·śāw) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 4639: An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property and also וְגַ֨ם (wə·ḡam) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and Noadiah לְנוֹעַדְיָ֤ה (lə·nō·w·‘aḏ·yāh) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 5129: Noadiah -- 'meeting with Yah', a Levite, also a prophetess the prophetess הַנְּבִיאָה֙ (han·nə·ḇî·’āh) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5031: A prophetess, inspired woman, a poetess, a, prophet's wife and the other וּלְיֶ֣תֶר (ū·lə·ye·ṯer) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3499: An overhanging, an excess, superiority, remainder, a small rope prophets הַנְּבִיאִ֔ים (han·nə·ḇî·’îm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 5030: A spokesman, speaker, prophet who אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that tried to intimidate me. מְיָֽרְאִ֥ים (mə·yā·rə·’îm) Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 3372: To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten Links Nehemiah 6:14 NIVNehemiah 6:14 NLT Nehemiah 6:14 ESV Nehemiah 6:14 NASB Nehemiah 6:14 KJV Nehemiah 6:14 BibleApps.com Nehemiah 6:14 Biblia Paralela Nehemiah 6:14 Chinese Bible Nehemiah 6:14 French Bible Nehemiah 6:14 Catholic Bible OT History: Nehemiah 6:14 Remember my God Tobiah and Sanballat according (Neh Ne) |
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