NEH 6:5 Parallel Verse View

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ULT Then Sanballat sent his young man to me a fifth time according to this word, and an opened letter was in his hand.

UST Then Sanballat sent one of his servants to me bringing the same request for a fifth time. This time the message was written, but it was not sealed. Sanballat left the letter unsealed so that others would find out what it said, because he wanted to pressure me to meet with him.

BSB § The fifth time, Sanballat sent me this same message by his young servant, who had in his hand an unsealed letter

OEB Then Sanballat sent his servant to me in the same way the fifth time with an open letter in his hand,

WEBBE Then Sanballat sent his servant to me the same way the fifth time with an open letter in his hand,

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The fifth time that Sanballat sent his assistant to me in this way, he had an open letter in his hand.

LSV And Sanballat sends to me, according to this word, a fifth time, his servant, and an open letter in his hand;

FBV Sanballat sent me the same message the fifth time by his servant, who brought in his hand an open letter.

T4T Then Sanballat sent one of his servants to me, bringing a fifth message. This one was written, but it was not sealed. He did that in order that others would read the message that the servant was carrying in his hand.

LEB And Sanballat sent his servant with an open letter, another word like this to me a fifth time, in his hand.

BBE Then Sanballat sent his servant to me a fifth time with an open letter in his hand;

Moff No Moff NEH book available

JPS Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand;

ASV Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand,

DRA And Sanaballat sent his servant to me the fifth time according to the former word, and he had a letter in his hand written in this manner:

YLT And Sanballat sendeth unto me, according to this word, a fifth time, his servant, and an open letter in his hand;

Drby Then sent Sanballat his servant to me in this manner the fifth time, with an open letter in his hand,

RV Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand;

Wbstr Then Sanballat sent his servant to me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand;

KJB-1769 Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand;

KJB-1611 Then sent Sanballat his seruant vnto me, in like manner, the fifth time, with an open letter in his hand:
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps Then sent Sanaballat his seruaunt againe vnto me the fift time, with an open letter in his hande,
(Then sent Sanaballat his servant again unto me the fift time, with an open letter in his hand,)

Gnva Then sent Sanballat his seruant after this sorte vnto me the fift time, with an open letter in his hand,
(Then sent Sanballat his servant after this sorte unto me the fift time, with an open letter in his hand, )

Cvdl Then sent Saneballat his seruaunt vnto me the fifth tyme, with an open letter in his hande,
(Then sent Saneballat his servant unto me the fifth time, with an open letter in his hand,)

Wycl And Sanaballath sente to me the fyuethe tyme bi the formere word his child; and he hadde in his hond a pistle writun in this maner;
(And Sanaballath sent to me the fivethe time by the formere word his child; and he had in his hand a pistle written in this manner;)

Luth Da sandte Saneballat zum fünftenmal zu mir seinen Knaben mit einem offenen Briefe in seiner Hand.
(So sent Saneballat for_the fünftenmal to to_me his Knaben with one offenen Briefe in his Hand.)

ClVg Et misit ad me Sanaballat juxta verbum prius quinta vice puerum suum, et epistolam habebat in manu sua scriptam hoc modo:
(And he_sent to me Sanaballat next_to the_word first/before quinta vice puerum his_own, and epistolam had in by_hand his_own scriptam this modo: )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-ordinal

וַ⁠יִּשְׁלַח֩ אֵלַ֨⁠י סַנְבַלַּ֜ט כַּ⁠דָּבָ֥ר הַ⁠זֶּ֛ה פַּ֥עַם חֲמִישִׁ֖ית אֶֽת־נַעֲר֑⁠וֹ

and,sent to=me Sanballat in_the,way the=this time fifth DOM servant,his

Alternate translation: “Sanballat sent his servant to me with this same message for a fifth time” or “this was time number five that Sanballat sent his servant to me with this same message”

וְ⁠אִגֶּ֥רֶת פְּתוּחָ֖ה בְּ⁠יָדֽ⁠וֹ

and,letter open in=his/its=hand

This means that this fifth message was written in a letter, but the letter was unsealed. Alternate translation: “This time the message was written, but it was not sealed”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וְ⁠אִגֶּ֥רֶת פְּתוּחָ֖ה בְּ⁠יָדֽ⁠וֹ

and,letter open in=his/its=hand

As a diplomatic communication, the letter should have been sealed. Because it was not, others could read it and spread its contents among the people of the region. It appears that Sanballat deliberately left the letter unsealed to pressure Nehemiah to meet with him. If it would be helpful in your language, you could say that explicitly. Alternate translation: “Sanballat left the letter unsealed so that others would find out what it said, because he wanted to pressure me to meet with him”

Parallel NEH 6:5