Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Now the men and their wives raised a great outcry against their fellow Jews. New Living Translation About this time some of the men and their wives raised a cry of protest against their fellow Jews. English Standard Version Now there arose a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish brothers. Berean Standard Bible About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews. King James Bible And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. New King James Version And there was a great outcry of the people and their wives against their Jewish brethren. New American Standard Bible Now there was a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish brothers. NASB 1995 Now there was a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish brothers. NASB 1977 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. 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]. Christian Standard Bible There was a widespread outcry from the people and their wives against their Jewish countrymen. Holman Christian Standard Bible There was a widespread outcry from the people and their wives against their Jewish countrymen. American Standard Version Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And then the people and their wives wailed a great wailing against their brethren, the Judeans. Brenton Septuagint Translation And the cry of the people and their wives was great against their brethren the Jews. Contemporary English Version Some of the men and their wives complained about the Jews in power Douay-Rheims Bible Now there was a great cry of the people, and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. English Revised Version Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. GOD'S WORD® Translation Then some of the people, the men and their wives, complained publicly about their Jewish relatives. Good News Translation Some time later many of the people, both men and women, began to complain against the other Jews. International Standard Version Now the people along with their spouses complained loudly against their fellow Jews, JPS Tanakh 1917 Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. Literal Standard Version And there is a great cry of the people and their wives, concerning their brothers the Jews, Majority Standard Bible About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews. New American Bible Then there rose a great outcry of the people and their wives against certain of their Jewish kindred. NET Bible Then there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews. New Revised Standard Version Now there was a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish kin. New Heart English Bible Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the 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. Young's Literal Translation And there is a great cry of the people and their wives, concerning their brethren the Jews, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Nehemiah Defends the Oppressed1About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews. 2Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous. We must get grain in order to eat and stay alive.”… Cross References Leviticus 25:35 Now if your countryman becomes destitute and cannot support himself among you, then you are to help him as you would a foreigner or stranger, so that he can continue to live among you. Deuteronomy 15:7 If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother. Nehemiah 4:23 So neither I nor my brothers nor my servants nor the guards with me changed out of our clothes; each carried his weapon, even to go for water. Jeremiah 34:8 After King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to proclaim liberty, the word came to Jeremiah from the LORD Ezekiel 45:9 For this is what the Lord GOD says: 'Enough, O princes of Israel! Cease your violence and oppression, and do what is just and right. Stop dispossessing My people, declares the Lord GOD.' Treasury of Scripture And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the Jews. a great cry Exodus 3:7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; Exodus 22:25-27 If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury… Job 31:38,39 If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain; … their brethren Leviticus 25:35-37 And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee… Deuteronomy 15:7-11 If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother: … Acts 7:26 And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another? Jump to Previous Countrymen Cry Great Jewish Jews Outcry Raised WivesJump to Next Countrymen Cry Great Jewish Jews Outcry Raised WivesNehemiah 5 1. The Jews complain of their debt, mortgage, and bondage6. Nehemiah rebukes the usurers, and causes them to make a covenant of restitution 14. He forbears his own allowance, and keeps hospitality (1) Their brethren the Jews.--Nehemiah's other troubles had come from the enemies without: he begins this account by laying emphasis on the hard treatment of Jews by Jews.Verse 1. - A great cry. Compare ver. 6, where the "cry" is distinguished from the "words." The Oriental habit of shrill lamentation must be borne in mind it is always shrillest when the women have a part in it, as on this occasion. Their wives. Mothers, whose children had been sold into slavery, or who anticipated losing them in this sad way speedily (ver. 5). Their brethren the Jews. i.e. the richer Jews, who had adopted the practice of lending upon pledge. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew About this time there wasוַתְּהִ֨י (wat·tə·hî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be a great גְּדוֹלָ֑ה (gə·ḏō·w·lāh) Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent outcry צַעֲקַ֥ת (ṣa·‘ă·qaṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 6818: A cry, outcry from the people הָעָ֛ם (hā·‘ām) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock and their wives וּנְשֵׁיהֶ֖ם (ū·nə·šê·hem) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female against אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to their fellow אֲחֵיהֶ֖ם (’ă·ḥê·hem) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 251: A brother, ) Jews. הַיְּהוּדִֽים׃ (hay·yə·hū·ḏîm) Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural Strong's 3064: Jews -- Jewish Links Nehemiah 5:1 NIVNehemiah 5:1 NLT Nehemiah 5:1 ESV Nehemiah 5:1 NASB Nehemiah 5:1 KJV Nehemiah 5:1 BibleApps.com Nehemiah 5:1 Biblia Paralela Nehemiah 5:1 Chinese Bible Nehemiah 5:1 French Bible Nehemiah 5:1 Catholic Bible OT History: Nehemiah 5:1 Then there arose a great cry (Neh Ne) |
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