Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 7971 [e] וָאֶשְׁלְחָ֨ה wā-’eš-lə-ḥāh And I sent Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cs | 3fs 5921 [e] עֲלֵיהֶ֤ם ‘ă-lê-hem to them Prep | 3mp 4397 [e] מַלְאָכִים֙ mal-’ā-ḵîm messengers N-mp 559 [e] לֵאמֹ֔ר lê-mōr saying Prep-l | V-Qal-Inf 4399 [e] מְלָאכָ֤ה mə-lā-ḵāh A work N-fs 1419 [e] גְדוֹלָה֙ ḡə-ḏō-w-lāh great Adj-fs 589 [e] אֲנִ֣י ’ă-nî I [am] Pro-1cs 6213 [e] עֹשֶׂ֔ה ‘ō-śeh doing V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms 3808 [e] וְלֹ֥א wə-lō and not Conj-w | Adv-NegPrt 3201 [e] אוּכַ֖ל ’ū-ḵal I am able V-Qal-Imperf-1cs 3381 [e] לָרֶ֑דֶת lā-re-ḏeṯ to come down Prep-l | V-Qal-Inf 4100 [e] לָ֣מָּה lām-māh Why Interrog 7673 [e] תִשְׁבַּ֤ת ṯiš-baṯ should cease V-Qal-Imperf-3fs 4399 [e] הַמְּלָאכָה֙ ham-mə-lā-ḵāh the work Art | N-fs 834 [e] כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר ka-’ă-šer while Prep-k | Pro-r 7503 [e] אַרְפֶּ֔הָ ’ar-pe-hā I leave it V-Hifil-Imperf-1cs | 3fs 3381 [e] וְיָרַדְתִּ֖י wə-yā-raḏ-tî and go down Conj-w | V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs 413 [e] אֲלֵיכֶֽם׃ ’ă-lê-ḵem to you⁺ Prep | 2mp

Berean Study Bible
So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it to go down to you?”

Young's Literal Translation
And I send unto them messengers, saying, ‘A great work I am doing, and I am not able to come down; why doth the work cease when I let it alone, and have come down unto you?’

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So I sent messengers to them, saying, “ I am doing a great work and cannot come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and go down to you? ”

New American Standard Bible
So I sent messengers to them, saying, "I am doing a great work and I cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and come down to you?"

King James Bible
And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I [am] doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you? Nehemiah 6:3 • Nehemiah 6:3 NIV • Nehemiah 6:3 NLT • Nehemiah 6:3 ESV • Nehemiah 6:3 NASB • Nehemiah 6:3 KJV • Nehemiah 6:3 Biblia Paralela • Nehemiah 6:3 Chinese Bible • Nehemiah 6:3 French Bible • Nehemiah 6:3 German Bible

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