Verse 5
Nehemiah 5:5
GOD'S WORD Translation
5
Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brothers, our children as their children. Behold, we bring our sons and our daughters into bondage to be servants, and some of our daughters have been brought into bondage. It is also not in our power to help it, because other men have our fields and our vineyards.”
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
1
Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the Jews.
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For there were that said, “We, our sons and our daughters, are many. Let us get grain, that we may e...
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There were also some that said, “We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses. Le...
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There were also some who said, “We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute using our fields and o...
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5
Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brothers, our children as their children. Behold, we bring...
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I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
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Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said to them, “You e...
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8
I said to them, “We, after our ability, have redeemed our brothers the Jews that were sold to the na...
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9
Also I said, “The thing that you do is not good. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God (Elohim),...
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10
I likewise, my brothers and my servants, lend them money and grain. Please let us stop this usury.
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11
Please restore to them, even today, their fields, their vineyards, their olive groves, and their hou...
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12
Then they said, “We will restore them, and will require nothing of them. We will do so, even as you...
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13
Also I shook out my lap, and said, “So may God (Elohim) shake out every man from his house, and from...
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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 who were before me were supported by the people, and took bread and wine fr...
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Yes, I also continued in the work of this wall. We didn’t buy any land. All my servants were gathere...
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17
Moreover there were at my table, of the Jews and the rulers, one hundred fifty men, besides those wh...
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Now that which was prepared for one day was one ox and six choice sheep. Also fowls were prepared fo...
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19
Remember to me, my God (Elohim), for good, all that I have done for this people.
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