Nehemiah 6:13

English Standard Version

13 For this purpose he was hired, that I should be afraid and act in this way and sin, and so they could give me a bad name in order to taunt me. 

New International Version

13 He had been hired to intimidate me so that I would commit a sin by doing this, and then they would give me a bad name to discredit me. 

New International Reader’s Version

13 They had hired him to scare me. They wanted me to commit a sin by doing what he said. That would give me a bad name in the community. People would find fault with me and my work. 

King James Version

13 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. 

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