Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 4616 [e] לְמַ֤עַן lə-ma-‘an For this purpose Prep 7936 [e] שָׂכוּר֙ śā-ḵūr [was] hired V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-ms 1931 [e] ה֔וּא hū he Pro-3ms 4616 [e] לְמַֽעַן־ lə-ma-‘an- that Conj 3372 [e] אִירָ֥א ’î-rā I should be afraid V-Qal-Imperf-1cs 6213 [e] וְאֶֽעֱשֶׂה־ wə-’e-‘ĕ-śeh- and act Conj-w | V-Qal-ConjImperf-1cs 3651 [e] כֵּ֖ן kên this way Adv 2398 [e] וְחָטָ֑אתִי wə-ḥā-ṭā-ṯî and sin Conj-w | V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs 1961 [e] וְהָיָ֤ה wə-hā-yāh that might be Conj-w | V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms [e] לָהֶם֙ lā-hem to them Prep-l | Pro-3mp 8034 [e] לְשֵׁ֣ם lə-šêm for an name Prep-l | N-ms 7451 [e] רָ֔ע rā‘ evil Adj-ms 4616 [e] לְמַ֖עַן lə-ma-‘an that Conj 2778 [e] יְחָֽרְפֽוּנִי׃פ yə-ḥā-rə-p̄ū-nî they might reproach me V-Piel-Imperf-3mp | 1cs

Berean Study Bible
He 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.

Young's Literal Translation
so that he [is] an hireling, that I may fear and do so, and I had sinned, and it had been to them for an evil name that they may reproach me.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He was hired, so that I would be intimidated, do as he suggested, sin, and get a bad reputation, in order that they could discredit me.

New American Standard Bible
He was hired for this reason, that I might become frightened and act accordingly and sin, so that they might have an evil report in order that they could reproach me.

King James Bible
Therefore [was] he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and [that] they might have [matter] for an evil report, that they might reproach me. Nehemiah 6:13 • Nehemiah 6:13 NIV • Nehemiah 6:13 NLT • Nehemiah 6:13 ESV • Nehemiah 6:13 NASB • Nehemiah 6:13 KJV • Nehemiah 6:13 Biblia Paralela • Nehemiah 6:13 Chinese Bible • Nehemiah 6:13 French Bible • Nehemiah 6:13 German Bible

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