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Nehemiah 5:6

AngerJusticeSelf-control

4 Still others were saying, “We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.

5 We and our children are just like our countrymen and their children, yet we are subjecting our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, but we are powerless to redeem them because our fields and vineyards belong to others.”

When I heard their outcry and these complaints, I became extremely angry,

7 and after serious thought I rebuked the nobles and officials, saying, “You are exacting usury from your own brothers!” So I called a large assembly against them

8 and said, “We have done our best to buy back our Jewish brothers who were sold to foreigners, but now you are selling your own brothers, that they may be sold back to us!” But they remained silent, for they could find nothing to say.

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BSB
When I heard their outcry and these complaints, I became extremely angry,
KJV
And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
WEB
I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
ASV
And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
DARBY
And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
BLB
And I became very hot when I heard their outcry and these words.
ÅB
Da jeg hørte deres klagerop og disse deres ord, ble jeg meget vred.
OTB
Da jeg hørte deres rop og disse ordene, ble jeg meget sint.
B1930
Da jeg hørte deres klagerop og disse deres ord, blev jeg meget vred.

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Cross references

  • Nehemiah 13:25

    I rebuked them and called down curses on them. I beat some of these men and pulled out their hair. Then I made them take an oath before God and said, “You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves!

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  • Exodus 11:8

    And all these officials of yours will come and bow before me, saying, ‘Go, you and all the people who follow you!’ After that, I will depart.” And hot with anger, Moses left Pharaoh’s presence.

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  • Ephesians 4:26

    “Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger,

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  • Numbers 16:15

    Then Moses became very angry and said to the LORD, “Do not regard their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them or mistreated a single one of them.”

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  • Nehemiah 13:8

    And I was greatly displeased and threw all of Tobiah’s household goods out of the room.

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  • Mark 3:5

    Jesus looked around at them with anger and sorrow at their hardness of heart. Then He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and it was restored.

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