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Nehemiah Chapter 6 verse 11 Holy Bible

ASV Nehemiah 6:11

And 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.
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BBE Nehemiah 6:11

And I said, Am I the sort of man to go in flight? what man, in my position, would go into the Temple to keep himself safe? I will not go in.
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DARBY Nehemiah 6:11

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.
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KJV Nehemiah 6:11

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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WBT Nehemiah 6:11

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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WEB Nehemiah 6:11

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.
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YLT Nehemiah 6:11

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.'
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 11. - Should such a man as I flee? i.e. Should a man in my position, the head of the state, bound to set an example to others, fly from danger and hide myself? Surely not. And who is there, that, being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? Rather, "could go into the temple and live?" Dean Stanley compares Becket's noble words, - "I will not turn the cathedral into a castle," - but the parallel is not close. Nehemiah feels, not that he would profane the temple by making it into a place of refuge, but that he would break the law by simply entering it. Ewald shows that he has caught the point of the objection when he says, "Nehemiah thought that, as a layman, he must not break the Divine command by entering the sanctuary itself" ('History of Israel,' vol. 5. p. 157).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(11) Should such a man as I flee?--First, the expression of personal dignity. Then of fear: "Who, being as I am" (a layman), "would go into the Temple to save his life?" Rather, and live? (Numbers 18:7).