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Nehemiah 5:2

American Standard Version

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

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Nehemiah 5:2 in other translations

For there were some who said, “We, our sons and our daughters, are many. Let us get grain, that we may eat and live.”

Nehemiah 5:2 · World English Bible

Nehemiah 5:2 in context

  1. 1Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
  2. 2For there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many: let us get grain, that we may eat and live.
  3. 3Some also there were that said, We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses: let us get grain, because of the dearth.
  4. 4There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute upon our fields and our vineyards.