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 6:3

6:3 So I sent messengers to them saying, “I am engaged in ³  an important work, and I am unable to come down. Why should the work come to a halt when I leave it to come down to you?”

[4:11]  ¹ tn Heb “said.”

[4:11]  ² tn Heb “see.”

[6:3]  ³ tn Heb “[am] doing.”