Verse 5
Nehemiah 5:5
Bible in Basic English
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But our flesh is the same as the flesh of our countrymen, and our children as their children: and now we are giving our sons and daughters into the hands of others, to be their servants, and some of our daughters are servants even now: and we have no power to put a stop to it; for other men have our fields and our vine-gardens.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/עַתָּ֗ה כִּ/בְשַׂ֤ר אַחֵ֨י/נוּ֙ בְּשָׂרֵ֔/נוּ כִּ/בְנֵי/הֶ֖ם בָּנֵ֑י/נוּ וְ/הִנֵּ֣ה אֲנַ֣חְנוּ כֹ֠בְשִׁים אֶת בָּנֵ֨י/נוּ וְ/אֶת בְּנֹתֵ֜י/נוּ לַ/עֲבָדִ֗ים וְ/יֵ֨שׁ מִ/בְּנֹתֵ֤י/נוּ נִכְבָּשׁוֹת֙ וְ/אֵ֣ין לְ/אֵ֣ל יָדֵ֔/נוּ וּ/שְׂדֹתֵ֥י/נוּ וּ/כְרָמֵ֖י/נוּ לַ/אֲחֵרִֽים
English Translation
And now, as the flesh of our brothers is our flesh, as their children are our children, behold, we are enslaving our sons and our daughters, and there are among our daughters those who are being enslaved, and there is no power for us over our fields and our vineyards to another.
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Chapter 5 Context
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Then there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their countrymen the Jews.
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For there were some who said, We, our sons and our daughters, are a great number: let us get grain,...
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And there were some who said, We are giving our fields and our vine-gardens and our houses for debt:...
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And there were others who said, We have given up our fields and our vine-gardens to get money for th...
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But our flesh is the same as the flesh of our countrymen, and our children as their children: and no...
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And on hearing their outcry and what they said I was very angry.
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And after turning it over in my mind, I made a protest to the chiefs and the rulers, and said to the...
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And I said to them, We have given whatever we were able to give, to make our brothers the Jews free,...
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And I said, What you are doing is not good: is it not the more necessary for you to go in the fear o...
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Even I and my servants have been taking interest for the money and the grain we have let them have....
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Give back to them this very day their fields, their vine-gardens, their olive-gardens, and their hou...
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Then they said, We will give them back, and take nothing for them; we will do as you say. Then I sen...
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And shaking out the folds of my robe, I said, So may God (Elohim) send out from his house and his wo...
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Now from the time when I was made ruler of the people in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year...
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15
But earlier rulers who were before me made the people responsible for their upkeep, and took from th...
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And I kept on with the work of this wall, and we got no land for ourselves: and all my servants were...
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And more than this, a hundred and fifty of the Jews and the rulers were guests at my table, in addit...
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Now the food made ready for one day was one ox and six fat sheep, as well as fowls; and once in ten...
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Keep in mind, O my God (Elohim), for my good, all I have done for this people.
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