Nehemiah 6:8
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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.

There are

Acts 24:12,13 And neither in the temple did they find me disputing with any man or causing any concourse of the people: neither in the synagogues, nor in the city. . . .

Acts 25:7,10 Who being brought, the Jews stood about him, who were come down from Jerusalem, objecting many and grievious causes, which they could not prove: . . .

thou feignest

Job 13:4 Having first shewn that you are forgers of lies, and maintainers of perverse opinions.

Psalm 36:3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and guile: he would not understand that he might do well.

Psalm 38:12 And they that sought my soul used violence. And they that sought evils to me spoke vain things, and studied deceits all the day long.

Psalm 52:2 All the day long thy tongue hath devised injustice: as a sharp razor, thou hast wrought deceit.

Isaiah 59:4 There is none that calleth upon justice, neither is there any one that judgeth truly: but they trust in a mere nothing, and speak vanities: they have conceived labour, and brought forth iniquity.

Daniel 11:27 And the heart of the two kings shall be to do evil, and they shall speak lies at one table, and they shall not prosper: because as yet the end is unto another time.

Matthew 12:34 O generation of vipers, how can you speak good things, whereas you are evil? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

John 8:44 You are of your father the devil: and the desires of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning: and he stood not in the truth, because truth is not in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.

Context
Sanballat's Conspiracy
7Thou hast also set up prophets, to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying: There is a king in Judea. The king will hear of these things: therefore come now, that we may take counsel together. 8And I sent to them, saying: There is no such thing done as thou sayest: but thou feignest these things out of thy own heart.9For all these men thought to frighten us, thinking that our hands would cease from the work, and that we would leave off. Wherefore I strengthened my hands the more:…
Cross References
Nehemiah 6:7
Thou hast also set up prophets, to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying: There is a king in Judea. The king will hear of these things: therefore come now, that we may take counsel together.

Job 13:4
Having first shewn that you are forgers of lies, and maintainers of perverse opinions.

Psalm 52:2
All the day long thy tongue hath devised injustice: as a sharp razor, thou hast wrought deceit.

Lexicon
Then I sent
וָאֶשְׁלְחָ֤ה (wā·’eš·lə·ḥāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7971: To send away, for, out

him
אֵלָיו֙ (’ê·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

this reply:
לֵאמֹ֔ר (lê·mōr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“There is
נִֽהְיָה֙ (nih·yāh)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

nothing
לֹ֤א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

to these
הָאֵ֔לֶּה (hā·’êl·leh)
Article | Pronoun - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 428: These, those

rumors
כַּדְּבָרִ֣ים (kad·də·ḇā·rîm)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

you
אַתָּ֣ה (’at·tāh)
Pronoun - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

are spreading;
אוֹמֵ֑ר (’ō·w·mêr)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

you
אַתָּ֥ה (’at·tāh)
Pronoun - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

are inventing them
בוֹדָֽאם׃‪‬ (ḇō·w·ḏām)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 908: To devise, invent

in your own mind.”
מִֽלִּבְּךָ֖ (mil·lib·bə·ḵā)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre


Additional Translations
Then I sent him this reply: “There is nothing to these rumors you are spreading; you are inventing them in your own mind.”Then I sent to him, saying, There are no such things done as you say, but you feign them out of your 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.

And I sent to him, saying, It has not happened according to these words, even as thou sayest, for thou framest them falsely out of thy heart.

And I sent to 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 thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thy 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."

And I send unto him, saying, 'It hath not been according to these words that thou art saying, for from thine own heart thou art devising them;'
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