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Thursday, November 28th, 2024
the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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Green's Literal Translation

Nehemiah 5:1

And there was a great cry of the people, and of their wives, against their brothers the Jews.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Borrowing;   Country;   Covetousness;   Creditor;   Interest;   Lending;   Poor;   Repentance;   Rich, the;   Usury;   Thompson Chain Reference - Kindness-Cruelty;   Nehemiah;   Oppression;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Restitution;   Servant;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Lending;   Malachi;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Family Life and Relations;   Violence;   Wealth;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jubilee;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Banking;   Borrow;   Malachi;   Merchant;   Nehemiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Debt;   Nehemiah;   Poverty;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Loan;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Tobiah;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Creditor;   Hosea;   Malachi;   Poverty;   Salvation;   Tax;  

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
About this time some of the men and their wives raised a cry of protest against their fellow Jews.
English Revised Version
Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
Update Bible Version
Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the Jews.
New Century Version
The men and their wives complained loudly against their fellow Jews.
New English Translation
Then there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews.
Webster's Bible Translation
And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
World English Bible
Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the Jews.
Amplified Bible
Now there was a great outcry of the [poorer] people and their wives against their Jewish brothers [to whom they were deeply in debt].
English Standard Version
Now there arose a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish brothers.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And greet cry of the puple and of her wyues was maad ayens her britheren Jewis.
Berean Standard Bible
About this time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews.
Contemporary English Version
Some of the men and their wives complained about the Jews in power
American Standard Version
Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
Bible in Basic English
Then there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their countrymen the Jews.
Complete Jewish Bible
Then there arose a great outcry from the common people and their wives against their brothers the [wealthier] Judeans.
Darby Translation
And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
Easy-to-Read Version
Many of the poor people began to complain against their fellow Jews.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
King James Version (1611)
And there was a great crie of the people, and of their wiues, against their brethren the Iewes.
New Life Bible
Now the people and their wives began to cry in a loud voice against their Jewish brothers.
New Revised Standard
Now there was a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish kin.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Nowe there was a great crie of the people, and of their wiues against their brethren the Iewes.
George Lamsa Translation
THEN there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
Good News Translation
Some time later many of the people, both men and women, began to complain against the other Jews.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then came there to be a great outcry of the people and their wives, - against their brethren the Jews.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Now there was a great cry of the people, and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
Revised Standard Version
Now there arose a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish brethren.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And there arose a great complaynt of the people and their wyues against their brethre the Iewes.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the cry of the people and their wives was great against their brethren the Jews.
Christian Standard Bible®
There was a widespread outcry from the people and their wives against their Jewish countrymen.
Hebrew Names Version
Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the Yehudim.
King James Version
And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
Lexham English Bible
Now there was a great cry of distress of the people and of their wives against their Jewish brothers.
Young's Literal Translation
And there is a great cry of the people and their wives, concerning their brethren the Jews,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And there arose a greate complaynte of ye people, & of their wyues against their brethren the Iewes.
THE MESSAGE
A great protest was mounted by the people, including the wives, against their fellow Jews. Some said, "We have big families, and we need food just to survive."
New American Standard Bible
Now there was a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish brothers.
New King James Version
And there was a great outcry of the people and their wives against their Jewish brethren.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now there was a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish brothers.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then there was a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish brothers.

Contextual Overview

1 And there was a great cry of the people, and of their wives, against their brothers the Jews. 2 For some were saying, With our sons and our daughters, we are many. Let us take up grain for them, so that we may eat and live. 3 Some also were saying, We have mortgaged our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses; let us take up grain because of the famine. 4 And some were saying, We have borrowed silver for the king's tax, on our fields, and our vineyards, 5 yet now our flesh is like the flesh of our brothers; as their sons, so are our sons; and, behold, we are bringing our sons and our daughters into bondage, to be slaves; yea, there are some of our daughters brought into bondage.And there is no power for our hand, and our fields and our vineyards are in the possession of other men.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

a great cry: Exodus 3:7, Exodus 22:25-27, Job 31:38, Job 31:39, Job 34:28, Isaiah 5:7, Luke 18:7, James 5:4

their brethren: Leviticus 25:35-37, Deuteronomy 15:7-11, Acts 7:26, 1 Corinthians 6:6-8

Reciprocal: Exodus 21:2 - an Hebrew Deuteronomy 23:19 - General Nehemiah 10:31 - the exaction Job 35:9 - they make Psalms 37:21 - borroweth Psalms 82:4 - rid Proverbs 21:13 - at Ecclesiastes 4:1 - and considered Jeremiah 15:10 - I have Jeremiah 34:8 - to proclaim Lamentations 5:13 - fell Ezekiel 18:8 - hath not Ezekiel 22:12 - thou hast Ezekiel 45:9 - take away Amos 8:6 - General Micah 2:2 - so Luke 6:30 - and 1 Corinthians 7:33 - careth

Cross-References

Genesis 2:4
These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created in the day that Jehovah God was making earth and heavens.
Genesis 5:26
And after he fathered Lamech, Methuselah lived seven hundred and eighty two years. And he fathered sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:27
And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty nine years; and he died.
Genesis 6:9
These are the generations of Noah. Noah, a righteous man, had been perfected among his family. Noah walked with God.
Genesis 10:1
And these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And sons were born to them after the flood.
1 Chronicles 1:1
Adam, Seth, Enos,
Ecclesiastes 7:29
See, this only I have found, that God has made man upright, but they have sought out many inventions.
Ecclesiastes 12:1
Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, while the evil days do not come, or the years strike when you shall say, I have no pleasure in them;
Matthew 1:1
The Book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ the Son of David, the son of Abraham:
1 Corinthians 11:7
For truly a man ought not to have the head covered, being the image and glory of God. But woman is the glory of man;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And there was a great cry of the people, and of their wives,.... Those of the poorer sort:

against their brethren the Jews; the rich that oppressed them; and this cry or complaint was made to Nehemiah for redress.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER V

The people complain that they are oppressed and enthralled by

their richer brethren, 1-3.

Nehemiah calls them to account; upbraids them for their cruelty;

and obliges them to swear that they will forgive the debts,

restore the mortgaged estates, and free their servants, 4-13.

Nehemiah's generosity and liberality, 14-17.

The daily provision for his table, 18, 19.

NOTES ON CHAP. V


 
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