And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.
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Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being such as I, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.
But I replied, “Should a man like me run away? Should one like me go into the temple to save his own life? I will not go!”
And I say, `A man such as I--doth he flee? and who as I, that doth go in unto the temple, and live? --I do not go in.'
And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, could go into the temple, and live? I will not go in.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentNehemiah — The walls rebuilt in fifty-two days; the covenant renewed; the reforms enacted and then re-enacted when Nehemiah returns to find them slipping. A book about civic and spiritual reconstruction side by side.
- Author
- Nehemiah (chs. 1–7, 11–13 largely first-person memoir); Ezra-material probably compiled alongside
- Date
- Events 445–432 BC; final compilation late-5th century BC