Nehemiah 5:2 | |
NASB: For there were those who said, "We, our sons and our daughters are many; therefore let us get grain that we may eat and live." (NASB ©1995) GWT: Some of them said, "We have large families! We need some grain [if we are going] to eat and stay alive." (GOD'S WORD®) KJV: 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. 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.' | |
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