Nehemiah 5:2 Parallel Translations

Some of them said, "We have large families! We need some grain if we are going to eat and stay alive."(GOD'S WORD®)

For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.

ASV:

For there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many: let us get grain, that we may eat and live.

BBE:

For there were some who said, We, our sons and our daughters, are a great number: let us get grain, so that we may have food for our needs.

DBY:

And there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many, and we must procure corn that we may eat and live.

ERV:

For there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many: let us get corn, that we may eat and live.

JPS:

For there were that said: 'We, our sons and our daughters, are many; let us get for them corn, that we may eat and live.'

WBS:

For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.

WEB:

For there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many: let us get grain, that we may eat and live.

YLT:

yea, there are who are saying, 'Our sons, and our daughters, we -- are many, and we receive corn, and eat, and live.'

Nehemiah 5:2 Cross References

XREF:

Haggai 1:6 "You have sown much, but harvest little; you eat, but there is not enough to be satisfied; you drink, but there is not enough to become drunk; you put on clothing, but no one is warm enough; and he who earns, earns wages to put into a purse with holes." (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

5:2 For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, [are] many: therefore we take up {b} corn [for them], that we may eat, and live.
(b) This is the complaint of the people, showing the extremity they were brought to.

WES:

5:2 Many - Which is in itself a blessing, but to us is turned into a curse. Take up - We are forced to take up corn, upon unreasonable terms.

MHC:

5:1-5 Men prey upon their fellow-creatures: by despising the poor they reproach their Maker. Such conduct is a disgrace to any, but who can sufficiently abhor it when adopted by professing Christians? With compassion for the oppressed, we should lament the hardships which many in the world are groaning under; putting our souls into their souls' stead, and remembering in our prayers and succours those who are burdened. But let those who show no mercy, expect judgment without mercy.

CONC:

Alive Corn Daughters Eat Grain Needs Numerous Order Procure Receive Saying Sons Stay Yea

Alive Corn Daughters Eat Food Grain Great Live Needs Numerous Order Receive

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