The Meaning of Nehemiah 6:12 Explained

Nehemiah 6:12

KJV: And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

YLT: And I discern, and lo, God hath not sent him, for in the prophecy he hath spoken unto me both Tobiah and Sanballat hired him,

Darby: And I perceived, and behold, God had not sent him; for he pronounced this prophecy against me; and Tobijah and Sanballat had hired him.

ASV: And I discerned, and, lo, God had not sent him; but he pronounced this prophecy against me: and Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Nehemiah 6:12?

MEANING: What does Nehemiah 6:12 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Nehemiah 6:12 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Nehemiah 6:12?

What is the context of Nehemiah 6:12?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

What does Nehemiah 6:12 Mean?

Context Summary

Nehemiah 6:1-19 - A Great Task-A Safeguard From Danger

How often Satan tries to call us off from our work for God! He cannot endure to see us engaged so eagerly on our Master's business and therefore raises up all sorts of hindrances and hostilities. Amid all these we have but one duty to perform. We must lose ourselves in our work. Ours to reply, "I am doing a great work, I cannot come down; why should the work cease?" If we will see to God's business, He will see to our safety. False friends, who prophesy in God's name, are more to be dreaded than open foes. We must learn to discern the spirits. The counsel which savors of self is always to be suspected. Note that Nehemiah considered that to have fear would have been to sin. But God was with the little band through dangers, and the wall was finished in spite of all opposition, 1 Corinthians 15:58. [source]

Chapter Summary: Nehemiah 6

¹ Sanballat practices by craft, by rumors, and by hired prophecies, to terrify Nehemiah
¹⁵ The work is finished, to the terror of the enemies
¹⁷ Secret intelligence passes between the enemies and the nobles of Judah

What do the individual words in Nehemiah 6:12 mean?

And I perceived that at all not God had sent him but [this] prophecy that he pronounced against me and because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him

וָאַכִּ֕ירָה וְהִנֵּ֥ה לֹֽא־ אֱלֹהִ֖ים שְׁלָח֑וֹ כִּ֤י הַנְּבוּאָה֙ דִּבֶּ֣ר עָלַ֔י וְטוֹבִיָּ֥ה וְסַנְבַלַּ֖ט שְׂכָרֽוֹ

וָאַכִּ֕ירָה	And I perceived
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, first person common singular, third person feminine singular Root: נָכַר Sense: to recognise, acknowledge, know, respect, discern, regard.
וְהִנֵּ֥ה	that at all
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Interjection Root: הִנֵּה Sense: behold, lo, see, if.
אֱלֹהִ֖ים	God
Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: אֱלֹהִים Sense: (plural).
שְׁלָח֑וֹ	had sent him
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine singular Root: שָׁלַח Sense: to send, send away, let go, stretch out.
הַנְּבוּאָה֙	[this] prophecy
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: נְבוּאָה Sense: prophecy.
דִּבֶּ֣ר	that he pronounced
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: דָּבַר Sense: to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing.
עָלַ֔י	against me
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular Root: עַל Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
וְטוֹבִיָּ֥ה	and because Tobiah
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: טֹובִיָּה Sense: head of a family who returned from exile with Zerubbabel but who were unable to prove their connection with Israel.
וְסַנְבַלַּ֖ט	and Sanballat
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: סַנְבַלַּט Sense: a Moabite of Horonaim and the opponent of Nehemiah and the returned exiles in their goal of rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem.
שְׂכָרֽוֹ	had hired him
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine singular Root: סָכַר Sense: to hire.

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