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Nehemiah 6:8

Nehemiah 6:8
Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Then I sent unto him,.... Whether a letter, or a messenger, is not said:

saying there are no such things done as thou sayest; that there was any scheme formed to rebel, and make him king, or that…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

There are no such things done - You well know that what you say is false: I shall not, therefore, trouble myself about a false charge.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Nehemiah 6:1-9

Two plots upon Nehemiah we have here an account of, how cunningly they were laid by his enemies and how happily frustrated by God's good providence and his prudence.

I. A plot to trepan him into a…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

There are no such thingsdone] Literally, -it has not happened or it has not been done according to these words." Nehemiah contents himself with curtly retorting that there is no sort of foundation for…