NASB
"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 6:8, NASB
“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 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 to him, saying, No such things as you say are being done, they are only a fiction you have made up yourself.”
“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 in the same manner a fifth time with an open letter in his hand.
In it was written, "It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu says, that you and the Jews are planning to rebel; therefore you are rebuilding the wall. And you are to be their king, according to these reports.
"You have also appointed prophets to proclaim in Jerusalem concerning you, 'A king is in Judah!' And now it will be reported to the king according to these reports. So come now, let us take counsel together."
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."
For all of them were trying to frighten us, thinking, "They will become discouraged with the work and it will not be done." But now, O God, strengthen my hands.
When I entered the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabel, who was confined at home, he said, "Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us close the doors of the temple, for they are coming to kill you, and they are coming to kill you at night."
But I said, "Should a man like me flee? And could one such as I go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in."