Nehemiah 6:3

English Standard Version

3 And I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and I cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and come down to you?” 

New International Version

3 so I sent messengers to them with this reply: ‘I am carrying on a great project and cannot go down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and go down to you?’ 

New International Reader’s Version

3 So I sent messengers to them with my answer. I replied, ‘I’m working on a huge project. So I can’t get away. Why should the work stop while I leave it? Why should I go down and talk with you?’ 

King James Version

3 And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you? 

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