Bible in Basic English
"Then I sent to him, saying, No such things as you say are being done, they are only a fiction you have made up yourself."
— Nehemiah 6:8, Bible in Basic English
“Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart. ”
“Then I sent to him, saying, "There are no such things done as you say, but you imagine them out of your own heart."”
“I sent word back to him,“We are not engaged in these activities you are describing. All of this is a figment of your imagination.””
“And I sent to them, saying: There is no such thing done as thou sayest: but thou feignest these things out of thy own heart.”
“Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.”
Then Sanballat sent his servant to me a fifth time with an open letter in his hand;
And in it these words were recorded: It is said among the nations, and Geshem says so, that you and the Jews are hoping to make yourselves free from the king's authority; and that this is why you are building the wall: and they say that it is your purpose to be their king;
And that you have prophets preaching about you in Jerusalem, and saying, There is a king in Judah: now an account of these things will be sent to the king. So come now, and let us have a discussion.
Then I sent to him, saying, No such things as you say are being done, they are only a fiction you have made up yourself.
For they were hoping to put fear in us, saying, Their hands will become feeble and give up the work so that it may not get done. But now, O God, make my hands strong.
And I went to the house of Shemaiah, the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us have a meeting in the house of God, inside the Temple, and let the doors be shut: for they will come to put you to death; truly, in the night they will come to put you to death.
And I said, Am I the sort of man to go in flight? what man, in my position, would go into the Temple to keep himself safe? I will not go in.