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Nehemiah 5:6

AngerJusticeSelf-control

4 There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.

5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.

And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.

7 Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.

8 And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.

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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

    And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.

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  • Exodus 11:8

    And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger.

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  • Ephesians 4:26

    Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

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  • Numbers 16:15

    And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the LORD, Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them.

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  • Nehemiah 13:8

    And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber.

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  • Mark 3:5

    And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.

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