10 One day I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was shut in at his home. He said, “Let us meet in the house of God, inside the temple(A), and let us close the temple doors, because men are coming to kill you—by night they are coming to kill you.”

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10 Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.

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10 Afterward I came to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was a secret informer; and he said, “Let us meet together in the house of God, within the [a]temple, and let us close the doors of the temple, for they are coming to kill you; indeed, at night they will come to kill you.”

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 6:10 Lit. house

14 When daylight is gone, the murderer rises up,
    kills(A) the poor and needy,(B)
    and in the night steals forth like a thief.(C)

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14 The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

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14 (A)The murderer rises with the light;
He kills the poor and needy;
And in the night he is like a thief.

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