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Nehemiah 5:15

But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.

KJV

Duces autem primi, qui fuerant ante me, gravaverunt populum, et acceperunt ab eis in pane, et vino, et pecunia, quotidie siclos quadraginta : sed et ministri eorum depresserunt populum. Ego autem non feci ita propter timorem Dei :

Vulgate

καὶ τὰς βίας τὰς πρώτας ἃς πρὸ ἐμοῦ ἐβάρυναν ἐπ’ αὐτούς, καὶ ἐλάβοσαν παρ’ αὐτῶν ἐν ἄρτοις καὶ ἐν οἴνῳ ἔσχατον ἀργύριον, δίδραχμα τεσσεράκοντα, καὶ οἱ ἐκτετιναγμένοι αὐτῶν ἐξουσιάζονται ἐπὶ τὸν λαόν· καὶ ἐγὼ οὐκ ἐποίησα οὕτως ἀπὸ προσώπου φόβου θεοῦ.

LXX

But the former governors that were before me were chargeable unto the people, and took of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.

ASV

וְ/הַ/פַּחוֹת֩ הָ/רִאשֹׁנִ֨ים אֲשֶׁר לְ/פָנַ֜/י הִכְבִּ֣ידוּ עַל הָ/עָ֗ם וַ/יִּקְח֨וּ מֵ/הֶ֜ם בְּ/לֶ֤חֶם וָ/יַ֨יִן֙ אַחַר֙ כֶּֽסֶף שְׁקָלִ֣ים אַרְבָּעִ֔ים גַּ֥ם נַעֲרֵי/הֶ֖ם שָׁלְט֣וּ עַל הָ/עָ֑ם וַ/אֲנִי֙ לֹא עָשִׂ֣יתִי כֵ֔ן מִ/פְּנֵ֖י יִרְאַ֥ת אֱלֹהִֽים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

23 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אַרְבָּעִ֥ים
'rb'ym
adjective · 135×
גַּם
gm
adverb · 764×
ו
v
noun · 717×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יִרְאַ֣ת
yr't
noun · 42×
יִשְׁלַט֙
yshlt
verb · 8×
יָ֑יִן
yyn
noun · 139×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
כֶּ֣סֶף
ksp
noun · 402×
לֶ֣חֶם
lchm
noun · 297×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
נִכְבָּ֔ד
nkbd
verb · 115×
נַּ֖עַר
n'r
noun · 239×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
פַּחַ֣ת
pcht
noun · 28×
רִאשׁ֔וֹן
r'shvn
adjective · 180×
שֶׁ֣קֶל
shql
noun · 88×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 8:15 — And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
  • 1Thess 2:9 — For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
  • 2Chr 19:7 — Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.
  • 2Cor 11:9 — And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from bei
  • 2Cor 12:13 — For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong.
  • Acts 9:31 — Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.
  • Col 3:22 — Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:
  • Eccl 12:13 — Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
  • Eph 5:21 — Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
  • Exod 1:17 — But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
  • Exod 20:20 — And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.
  • Gen 20:11 — And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake.
  • Gen 22:12 — And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
  • Gen 42:18 — And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
  • Isa 50:10 — Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.
  • Job 1:8 — And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
  • Job 31:23 — For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
  • Lam 5:8 — Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.
  • Lev 19:14 — Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.
  • Mal 3:5 — And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his
  • Matt 5:47 — And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
  • Neh 5:9 — Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?
  • Prov 3:7 — Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
  • Prov 16:6 — By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
  • Prov 16:6 — By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
  • Prov 28:16 — The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.
  • Prov 29:12 — If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.
  • Ps 112:1 — Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
  • Ps 147:11 — The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
  • Zeph 1:9 — In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.