Verse 9
Nehemiah 5:9
Young's Literal Translation
9
And I say, 'Not good [is] the thing that ye are doing; in the fear of our God (Elohim) do ye not walk, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?
Original Language Text
hebrew
ו/יאמר וָ/אוֹמַ֕ר לֹא ט֥וֹב הַ/דָּבָ֖ר אֲשֶׁר אַתֶּ֣ם עֹשִׂ֑ים הֲ/ל֞וֹא בְּ/יִרְאַ֤ת אֱלֹהֵ֨י/נוּ֙ תֵּלֵ֔כוּ מֵ/חֶרְפַּ֖ת הַ/גּוֹיִ֥ם אוֹיְבֵֽי/נוּ
English Translation
And I said, "It is not good the thing that you are doing. Should you not walk in the fear of our God to save yourselves from the reproach of the nations, our enemies?"
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Chapter 5 Context
1
And there is a great cry of the people and their wives, concerning their brethren the Jews,
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yea, there are who are saying, 'Our sons, and our daughters, we -- are many, and we receive corn, an...
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And there are who are saying, 'Our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses, we are pledging, and w...
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4
And there are who are saying, 'We have borrowed money for the tribute of the king, [on] our fields,...
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and now, as the flesh of our brethren [is] our flesh, as their sons [are] our sons, and lo, we are s...
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And it is very displeasing to me when I have heard their cry and these words,
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and my heart reigneth over me, and I strive with the freemen, and with the prefects, and say to them...
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and say to them, 'We have acquired our brethren the Jews, those sold to the nations, according to th...
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9
And I say, 'Not good [is] the thing that ye are doing; in the fear of our God (Elohim) do ye not wal...
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And also, I, my brethren, and my servants, are exacting of them silver and corn; let us leave off, I...
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11
Give back, I pray you, to them, as to-day, their fields, their vineyards, their olive-yards, and the...
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12
And they say, 'We give back, and of them we seek nothing; so we do as thou art saying.' And I call t...
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13
also, my lap I have shaken, and I say, 'Thus doth God (Elohim) shake out every man, who doth not per...
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14
Also, from the day that he appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentiet...
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15
the former governors who [are] before me have made themselves heavy on the people, and take of them...
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And also, in the work of this wall I have done mightily, even a field we have not bought, and all my...
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17
and of the Jews, and of the prefects, a hundred and fifty men, and those coming in unto us of the na...
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and that which hath been prepared for one day [is] one ox, six fat sheep, also fowls have been prepa...
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Remember for me, O my God (Elohim), for good, all that I have done for this people.
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