Verse 3
Nehemiah 5:3
Darby Translation
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And there were that said, We have had to pledge our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses, that we might procure corn in the dearth.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/יֵשׁ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֹמְרִ֔ים שְׂדֹתֵ֛י/נוּ וּ/כְרָמֵ֥י/נוּ וּ/בָתֵּ֖י/נוּ אֲנַ֣חְנוּ עֹרְבִ֑ים וְ/נִקְחָ֥ה דָגָ֖ן בָּ/רָעָֽב
English Translation
And there are some who say, "Our fields and our vineyards and our houses, we are guarding, and we will take grain in the famine."
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Chapter 5 Context
1
And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
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And there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many, and we must procure corn that we...
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3
And there were that said, We have had to pledge our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses, that...
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And there were that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute upon our fields and vineyard...
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5
yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children; and behold, we mu...
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And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
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And I consulted with myself; and I remonstrated with the nobles and the rulers, and said to them, Ye...
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8
And I said to them, We, according to our ability, have redeemed our brethren the Jews, who were sold...
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9
And I said, The thing that ye do is not good. Ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God (Elohim),...
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10
I also, my brethren and my servants, we might exact usury of them, money and corn. I pray you, let u...
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Restore, I pray you, to them this very day their fields, their vineyards, their olive-gardens, and t...
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12
And they said, We will restore [them], and will require nothing of them; so will we do, as thou hast...
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13
Also I shook my lap, and said, So God (Elohim) shake out every man from his house and from his earni...
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14
Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twen...
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But the former governors that were before me had been chargeable to the people, and had taken of the...
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Yea, also I applied myself to this work of the wall, and we bought no fields; and all my servants we...
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And there were at my table a hundred and fifty of the Jews and the rulers, besides those that came t...
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18
And that which was prepared daily was one ox [and] six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me...
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Remember for me, my God (Elohim), for good, all that I have done for this people.
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