Verse 14
Nehemiah 5:14
Young's Literal Translation
14
Also, from the day that he appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the thirty and second year of Artaxerxes the king -- twelve years -- I, and my brethren, the bread of the governor have not eaten:
Original Language Text
hebrew
גַּ֞ם מִ/יּ֣וֹם אֲשֶׁר צִוָּ֣ה אֹתִ֗/י לִ/הְי֣וֹת פֶּחָ/ם֮ בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץ יְהוּדָה֒ מִ/שְּׁנַ֣ת עֶשְׂרִ֗ים וְ֠/עַד שְׁנַ֨ת שְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים וּ/שְׁתַּ֨יִם֙ לְ/אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֣סְתְּא הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ שָׁנִ֖ים שְׁתֵּ֣ים עֶשְׂרֵ֑ה אֲנִ֣י וְ/אַחַ֔/י לֶ֥חֶם הַ/פֶּ֖חָה לֹ֥א אָכַֽלְתִּי
English Translation
Also from the day that I was commanded to be governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year until the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes, twelve years, I and my brothers did not eat the bread of the governor.
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Chapter 5 Context
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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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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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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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Give back, I pray you, to them, as to-day, their fields, their vineyards, their olive-yards, and the...
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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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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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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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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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