Nehemiah 6:13 (GNV)

Passage

Therefore was he hyred, that I might be afrayde, and doe thus, and sinne, and that they might haue an euill report that they might reproche me.

Nearby Context

Nehemiah 6:11 Then I said, Should such a man as I, flee? Who is he, being as I am, that would go into the Temple to liue? I will not goe in.

Nehemiah 6:12 And loe, I perceiued, that God had not sent him, but that he pronounced this prophecie against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

Nehemiah 6:13 Therefore was he hyred, that I might be afrayde, and doe thus, and sinne, and that they might haue an euill report that they might reproche me.

Nehemiah 6:14 My God, remember thou Tobiah, and Sanballat according vnto these their workes, and Noadiah the Prophetesse also, and the rest of the Prophets that would haue put me in feare.

Nehemiah 6:15 Notwithstanding the wall was finished on the fiue and twentieth day of Elul, in two and fiftie dayes.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "therefore", "hyred", "might", "afrayde", "thus", "sinne", and "haue". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "therefore" and "hyred", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "And loe I perceiued that God had..." into verse 14's "My God remember thou Tobiah and Sanballat...", so "therefore" and "hyred" belong inside that flow. In Nehemiah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "therefore" and "hyred" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.