Parallel NEH 6:3

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

OEB So I sent messengers to them, saying, ’I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down; why should the work cease, while I leave it and come down to you?’

WEBBE I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work, so that I can’t come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and come down to you?”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET So I sent messengers to them saying, “I am engaged in an important work, and I am unable to come down. Why should the work come to a halt when I leave it to come down to you?”

LSV And I send to them messengers, saying, “A great work I am doing, and I am not able to come down; why does the work cease when I let it alone, and have come down to you?”

FBV So I sent messengers to tell them, “I'm busy with important work and I can't come down. Why should I stop what I'm doing and leave it to come and see you?”

T4T So I sent messengers to them, to tell them, “I am doing an important work, and I cannot go down there. ◄Why should I stop doing this work just to go down to talk with you?/I do not want to stop doing this work just to go down to talk with you.►” [RHQ]

LEB So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and I am not able to come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and come down to you all?”

BBE And I sent men to them saying, I am doing a great work, so that it is not possible for me to come down: is the work to be stopped while I go away from it and come down to you?

Moff No Moff NEH book available

JPS 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?'

ASV 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?

DRA And I sent messengers to them, saying: I am doing a great work, and I cannot come down, lest it be neglected whilst I come, and go down to you.

YLT And I send unto them messengers, saying, 'A great work I am doing, and I am not able to come down; why doth the work cease when I let it alone, and have come down unto you?'

Drby And I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, and I cannot come down. Why should the work cease, whilst I leave it and come down to you?

RV 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?

Wbstr And I sent messengers to 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?

KJB-1769 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?

KJB-1611 And I sent messengers vnto them, saying, I am doing a great worke, so that I can not come down: why should the worke cease, whilest I leaue it, and come downe to you?
   (And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilest I leave it, and come down to you?)

Bshps And I sent messengers vnto them, saying: I haue a great businesse to do, and I can not come downe: Why should the worke ceasse, whilest I leaue it and come downe to you?
   (And I sent messengers unto them, saying: I have a great businesse to do, and I cannot come down: Why should the work cease, whilest I leave it and come down to you?)

Gnva Therefore I sent messengers vnto them, saying, I haue a great worke to doe, and I can not come downe: why should the worke cease, whiles I leaue it, and come downe to you?
   (Therefore I sent messengers unto them, saying, I have a great work to doe, and I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whiles I leave it, and come down to you? )

Cvdl Notwithstondynge I sent messaungers vnto them, sayenge: I haue a greate busynes to do, I can not come downe. The worke shulde stonde still, yf I were necligent, and came downe to you.
   (Notwithstondynge I sent messengers unto them, sayenge: I have a great business to do, I cannot come down. The work should stand still, if I were necligent, and came down to you.)

Wyc Therfor Y sente messangeris to hem, and Y seide, Y make a greet werk, and Y mai not go doun, lest perauenture it be doon retchelesli, whanne Y come, and go doun to you.
   (Therefore I sent messengers to them, and I said, I make a great work, and I mai not go down, lest peradventure/perhaps it be done retchelesli, when I come, and go down to you.)

Luth Ich aber sandte Boten zu ihnen und ließ ihn sagen: Ich habe ein groß Geschäft auszurichten, ich kann nicht hinabkommen; es möchte das Werk nachbleiben, wo ich die Hand abtäte und zu euch hinabzöge.
   (I but sent messenger to to_them and let him/it say: I have a large Geschäft auszurichten, I kann not hinabkommen; it möchte the Werk nachbleiben, where I the hand abtäte and to you hinabzöge.)

ClVg Misi ergo ad eos nuntios, dicens: Opus grande ego facio, et non possum descendere, ne forte negligatur cum venero, et descendero ad vos.
   (Misi therefore to them nuntios, dicens: Opus grande I facio, and not/no possum descendere, not forte negligatur when/with venero, and descendero to vos. )

BrTr So I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, and I shall not be able to come down, lest the work should cease: as soon as I shall have finished it, I will come down to you.

BrLXX No BrLXX NEH book available