New International Version
and said: "As far as possible, we have bought back our fellow Jews who were sold to the Gentiles. Now you are selling your own people, only for them to be sold back to us!" They kept quiet, because they could find nothing to say.

New Living Translation
At the meeting I said to them, "We are doing all we can to redeem our Jewish relatives who have had to sell themselves to pagan foreigners, but you are selling them back into slavery again. How often must we redeem them?" And they had nothing to say in their defense.

English Standard Version
and said to them, “We, as far as we are able, have bought back our Jewish brothers who have been sold to the nations, but you even sell your brothers that they may be sold to us!” They were silent and could not find a word to say.

Berean Study Bible
and said, “We have done our best to buy back our Jewish brothers who were sold to foreigners, but now you are selling your own brothers, that they may be sold back to us!” But they remained silent, for they could find nothing to say.

New American Standard Bible
I said to them, "We according to our ability have redeemed our Jewish brothers who were sold to the nations; now would you even sell your brothers that they may be sold to us?" Then they were silent and could not find a word to say.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
and said, "We have done our best to buy back our Jewish countrymen who were sold to foreigners, but now you sell your own countrymen, and we have to buy them back." They remained silent and could not say a word.

International Standard Version
I accused them, "To the best of our ability, we've been buying back our fellow Jews who had been sold to foreigners. Even now you're selling your fellow countrymen, only for them to be sold back to us!" They kept quiet and never spoke a word.

NET Bible
I said to them, "To the extent possible we have bought back our fellow Jews who had been sold to the Gentiles. But now you yourselves want to sell your own countrymen, so that we can then buy them back!" They were utterly silent, and could find nothing to say.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then I told them, "We have done our best to buy back our Jewish relatives who had been sold to other nations. Now you are selling your Jewish relatives so that we have to buy them back again!" They were unable to say anything.

Jubilee Bible 2000
And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren, the Jews who had been sold unto the Gentiles; and will ye even sell your brethren? And shall they be sold unto us? Then they remained silent, for they had nothing to answer.

King James 2000 Bible
And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, who were sold unto the nations; and will you even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.

American King James Version
And I said to them, We after our ability have redeemed our brothers the Jews, which were sold to the heathen; and will you even sell your brothers? or shall they be sold to us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.

American Standard Version
And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, that were sold unto the nations; and would ye even sell your brethren, and should they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found never a word.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I said to them: We, as you know, have redeemed according to our ability our brethren the Jews, that were sold to the Gentiles: and will you then sell your brethren, for us to redeem them ? And they held their peace, and found not what to answer.

Darby Bible Translation
And I said to them, We, according to our ability, have redeemed our brethren the Jews, who were sold to the nations; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? And they were silent and found no answer.

English Revised Version
And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and would ye even sell your brethren, and should they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found never a word.

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

World English Bible
I said to them, "We, after our ability, have redeemed our brothers the Jews that were sold to the nations; and would you even sell your brothers, and should they be sold to us?" Then they held their peace, and found never a word.

Young's Literal Translation
and say to them, 'We have acquired our brethren the Jews, those sold to the nations, according to the ability that is in us, and ye also sell your brethren, and they have been sold to us!' and they are silent, and have not found a word.

Nehemia 5:8 Afrikaans PWL
“Ons koop ons broers van Y’hudah vry wat aan die nasies verkoop was, beide hulle en hulle kinders en sal julle selfs ’n man vat as waarborg vir sy broer?” Ek het daarom op hulle geskree en vir hulle gesê: “Sal julle ook julle broers verkoop?” Toe was hulle stil en het my nie geantwoord nie.

Nehemia 5:8 Albanian
dhe u thashë: "Simbas mundësive tona ne kemi shpenguar vëllezërit tanë Judej që u ishin shitur kombeve; por tani a do t'i shisnit vëllezërit tuaj, apo duhet që ata të na shiten neve?". Atëherë ata heshtën me qenë se nuk gjenin fjalë për të thënë.

ﻧﺤﻤﻴﺎ 5:8 Arabic: Smith & Van Dyke
وقلت لهم نحن اشترينا اخوتنا اليهود الذين بيعوا للامم حسب طاقتنا. وانتم ايضا تبيعون اخوتكم فيباعون لنا. فسكتوا ولم يجدوا جوابا.

Dyr Nehymies 5:8 Bavarian
und gröd s an: "Mir tuend üns abhin, däß myr von ünserne jüdischn Stammsbrüeder umbb de Haidn so vil wie müglich freikaauffend. Ös aber verkaaufftß eiskalt enkerne aignen Stammsbrüeder, däß s mir aft wider freikaauffen derffend?!" Daa wurdnd s ganz staet; daa fiel ien +nix meer ein.

Неемия 5:8 Bulgarian
Ние според силата си изкупихме братята си юдеите, които бяха продадени на народите; а сами вие ще продадете ли братята си? трябва ли да се продадат нам? А те мълчаха и не намериха какво [да отговорят].

現代標點和合本 (CUVMP Traditional)
我對他們說：「我們盡力贖回我們弟兄，就是賣於外邦的猶大人，你們還要賣弟兄，使我們贖回來嗎？」他們就靜默不語，無話可答。

现代标点和合本 (CUVMP Simplified)
我对他们说：“我们尽力赎回我们弟兄，就是卖于外邦的犹大人，你们还要卖弟兄，使我们赎回来吗？”他们就静默不语，无话可答。

尼 希 米 記 5:8 Chinese Bible: Union (Traditional)
我 對 他 們 說 ： 我 們 盡 力 贖 回 我 們 弟 兄 ， 就 是 賣 與 外 邦 的 猶 大 人 ； 你 們 還 要 賣 弟 兄 ， 使 我 們 贖 回 來 麼 ？ 他 們 就 靜 默 不 語 ， 無 話 可 答 。

尼 希 米 記 5:8 Chinese Bible: Union (Simplified)
我 对 他 们 说 ： 我 们 尽 力 赎 回 我 们 弟 兄 ， 就 是 卖 与 外 邦 的 犹 大 人 ； 你 们 还 要 卖 弟 兄 ， 使 我 们 赎 回 来 麽 ？ 他 们 就 静 默 不 语 ， 无 话 可 答 。

Nehemiah 5:8 Croatian Bible
I rekao sam: "Mi smo, koliko smo mogli, otkupili svoju židovsku braću koja bijahu prodana poganima. A sada vi prodajete svoju braću da bismo ih otkupili!" Svi su šutjeli i nitko nije odgovorio.

Kinha Nehemiášova 5:8 Czech BKR
A řekl jsem jim: My vyplacujeme bratří své Židy, kteříž prodáni byli pohanům, podlé možnosti naší. Což vy zase prodávati máte bratří vaše, anobrž což je sobě prodávati budete? Kteřížto umlkli a nenalezli odpovědi.

Nehemias 5:8 Danish
og sagde til dem: Saa vidt vi var i Stand dertil, har vi frikøbt vore jødiske Brødre, der maatte sælge sig til Hedningerne; og I sælger eders Brødre, saa de maa sælge sig til os! Da tav de og fandt intet at svare.

Nehemia 5:8 Dutch Staten Vertaling
En ik zeide tot hen: Wij hebben onze broederen, de Joden, die aan de heidenen verkocht waren, naar ons vermogen wedergekocht; en zoudt gijlieden ook uw broederen verkopen, of zouden zij aan ons verkocht worden? Toen zwegen zij, en vonden geen antwoord.