Nehemiah 6:3

Berean Standard Bible (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?”

World English Bible (WEB)

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?”

King James Version (KJV)

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?

American Standard Version (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?

Bible in Basic English (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?

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Y enviéles mensajeros, diciendo: Yo hago una grande obra, y no puedo ir; porque cesaría la obra, dejándola yo para ir á vosotros.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

de modo que les respondí con este mensaje: «Estoy ocupado en unas obras muy importantes. Si yo bajo a reunirme con ustedes, entonces los trabajos se paralizarían. ¿Por qué han de suspenderse las obras para ir yo a visitarlos?».