Nehemiah 6:8
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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 him this reply: “There is nothing to these rumors you are spreading; you are inventing them in your own mind.”
In other translations
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 him this reply: “There is nothing to these rumors you are spreading; you are inventing them in your own mind.”
Hebrew words
וָאֶשְׁלְחָהva'eshlechahand I sent !H7971אֵלָיו'elavto himH413לֵאמֹרlemor<to> sayingH559לֹאlo'notH3808נִהְיָהnihyahit has occurredH1961כַּדְּבָרִיםkadevarimaccording to the wordsH1697הָאֵלֶּהha'eleh<the> theseH428אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834אַתָּה'atahyouH859אוֹמֵר'omer[are] sayingH559כִּיkithatH3588מִלִּבְּךָmilibekhafrom heart yourH3820אַתָּה'atahyouH859בוֹדָאם׃vodam[are] inventing themH908
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