Nehemiah 4:11

4:11 Our adversaries also boasted, ¹  “Before they are aware or anticipate ²  anything, we will come in among them and kill them, and we will bring this work to a halt!”

Nehemiah 6:19

6:19 They were telling me about his good deeds and then taking back to him the things I said. ³  Tobiah, on the other hand, sent letters in order to scare ⁴  me.

¹ tn Heb “said.”

² tn Heb “see.”

³ tn Heb “my words.”

⁴ tn Or “to intimidate” (so NIV, NRSV, NLT).