The Meaning of Nehemiah 6:13 Explained

Nehemiah 6:13

KJV: 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.

YLT: 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.

Darby: Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have wherewith to spread an evil report, that they might reproach me.

ASV: For this cause 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.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Nehemiah 6:13?

MEANING: What does Nehemiah 6:13 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Nehemiah 6:13 mean?

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KJV Reverse Interlinear

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. 

What does Nehemiah 6:13 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 6:13 mean?

For this reason [was] hired he that I should be afraid and act that way and sin so [that] might have [cause] they for an report evil that they might reproach me -
לְמַ֤עַן שָׂכוּר֙ ה֔וּא לְמַֽעַן־ אִירָ֥א וְאֶֽעֱשֶׂה־ כֵּ֖ן וְחָטָ֑אתִי וְהָיָ֤ה לָהֶם֙ לְשֵׁ֣ם רָ֔ע לְמַ֖עַן יְחָֽרְפֽוּנִי פ

לְמַ֤עַן  For  this  reason 
Parse: Preposition
Root: לְמַעַן 
Sense: purpose, intent prep.
שָׂכוּר֙  [was]  hired 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine singular
Root: סָכַר  
Sense: to hire.
לְמַֽעַן־  that 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: לְמַעַן 
Sense: purpose, intent prep.
אִירָ֥א  I  should  be  afraid 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common singular
Root: יָרֵא 
Sense: to fear, revere, be afraid.
וְאֶֽעֱשֶׂה־  and  act 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect, first person common singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
כֵּ֖ן  that  way 
Parse: Adverb
Root: כֵּן 
Sense: so, therefore, thus.
וְחָטָ֑אתִי  and  sin 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, first person common singular
Root: חָטָא 
Sense: to sin, miss, miss the way, go wrong, incur guilt, forfeit, purify from uncleanness.
וְהָיָ֤ה  so  [that]  might  have  [cause] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
לְשֵׁ֣ם  for  an  report 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֵׁם  
Sense: name.
רָ֔ע  evil 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: רַע 
Sense: bad, evil.
לְמַ֖עַן  that 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: לְמַעַן 
Sense: purpose, intent prep.
יְחָֽרְפֽוּנִי  they  might  reproach  me 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person masculine plural, first person common singular
Root: חָרַף 
Sense: to reproach, taunt, blaspheme, defy, jeopardise, rail, upbraid.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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