Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters came to them.
Parallel translations
- KJV Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.
- BSB Also in those days, the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters came back to them.
- ESV Moreover, in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters came to them.
- NKJV Also in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came to them.
- NASB Also in those days many letters went from the nobles of Judah to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters came to them.
- NLT During those fifty-two days, many letters went back and forth between Tobiah and the nobles of Judah.
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- Neh 13:28One of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite; therefore I chased him from me.
- Neh 3:5Next to them, the Tekoites made repairs; but their nobles didn’t put their necks to the Lord’s work.
- Neh 5:7Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said to them, “You exact usury, everyone of his brother.” I held a great assembly against them.
- Matt 24:10–12Then many will stumble, and will deliver up one another, and will hate one another.
- Mic 7:1–6Misery is mine! Indeed, I am like one who gathers the summer fruits, as gleanings of the vineyard: There is no cluster of grapes to eat. My soul desires to eat the early fig.
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