Nehemiah 5:1
About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews.
2 Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous. We must get grain in order to eat and stay alive.”
3 Others were saying, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our homes to get grain during the famine.”
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Compare
- BSB
- About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews.
- KJV
- And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
- WEB
- Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the Jews.
- ASV
- Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
- DARBY
- And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
- BLB
- And there was a great outcry of the people and their wives against their brothers the Jews.
- ÅB
- Men det reiste seg et stort skrik fra folket og deres hustruer mot deres jødiske brødre.
- OTB
- Nå var det et stort rop fra folket og deres koner mot deres jødiske brødre.
- B1930
- Men det reiste sig et stort skrik fra folket og deres hustruer mot deres jødiske brødre.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 5:7
For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 15:7–11
If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother.
Read in contextLeviticus 25:35–37
Now if your countryman becomes destitute and cannot support himself among you, then you are to help him as you would a foreigner or stranger, so that he can continue to live among you.
Read in contextJob 34:28
They caused the cry of the poor to come before Him, and He heard the outcry of the afflicted.
Read in contextJob 31:38–39
if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together,
Read in contextActs 7:26
The next day he came upon two Israelites who were fighting, and he tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why are you mistreating each other?’
Read in contextExodus 3:7
The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.
Read in contextJames 5:4
Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
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