Verse 5
Nehemiah 5:5
Literal Standard Version
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and now, as the flesh of our brothers is our flesh, as their sons are our sons, and behold, we are subduing our sons and our daughters for servants, and there are those of our daughters subdued, and our hand has no might, and our fields and our vineyards are to others.”
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
And there is a great cry of the people and their wives, concerning their brothers the Jews,
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indeed, there are those who are saying, “Our sons, and our daughters, we—are many, and we receive gr...
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And there are those who are saying, “Our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses, we are pledging,...
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And there are those who are saying, “We have borrowed money for the tribute of the king, on our fiel...
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5
and now, as the flesh of our brothers is our flesh, as their sons are our sons, and behold, 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 reigns over me, and I strive with the nobles, and with the prefects, and say to them, “...
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and say to them, “We have acquired our brothers the Jews, those sold to the nations, according to th...
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9
And I say, “The thing that you are doing is not good; do you not walk in the fear of our God (Elohim...
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10
And also, I, my brothers, and my servants, are exacting silver and grain on them; please let us leav...
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11
Please give back to them, as today, their fields, their vineyards, their olive-yards, and their hous...
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12
And they say, “We give back, and we seek nothing from them; so we do as you are saying.” And I call...
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13
also, I have shaken my lap, and I say, “Thus God (Elohim) shakes out every man from his house and fr...
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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 in...
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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, one hundred and fifty men, and those coming to us of the natio...
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and that which has been prepared for one day is one ox, six fat sheep, also birds have been prepared...
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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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