Nehemia 4:11

4:11 Our adversaries also boasted, ¹  “Before they are aware or anticipate ²  anything, we will come in among them and kill them, and we will bring this work to a halt!”

Nehemia 5:16

5:16 I gave myself to the work on this wall, without even purchasing ³  a field. All my associates were gathered there for the work.

Nehemia 6:19

6:19 They were telling me about his good deeds and then taking back to him the things I said. ⁴  Tobiah, on the other hand, sent letters in order to scare ⁵  me.

[4:11]  ¹ tn Heb “said.”

[4:11]  ² tn Heb “see.”

[5:16]  ³ tn Heb “we did not purchase.”

[6:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “my words.”

[6:19]  ⁵ tn Or “to intimidate” (so NIV, NRSV, NLT).