Nehemiah 5:2
For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.
KJV
Et erant qui dicerent : Filii nostri et filiæ nostræ multæ sunt nimis : accipiamus pro pretio eorum frumentum, et comedamus, et vivamus.
Vulgate
καὶ ἦσάν τινες λέγοντες Ἐν υἱοῖς ἡμῶν καὶ ἐν θυγατράσιν ἡμῶν ἡμεῖς πολλοί· καὶ λημψόμεθα σῖτον, καὶ φαγόμεθα καὶ ζησόμεθα.
LXX
For there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many: let us get grain, that we may eat and live.
ASV
וְ/יֵשׁ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֹמְרִ֔ים בָּנֵ֥י/נוּ וּ/בְנֹתֵ֖י/נוּ אֲנַ֣חְנוּ רַבִּ֑ים וְ/נִקְחָ֥ה דָגָ֖ן וְ/נֹאכְלָ֥ה וְ/נִחְיֶֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Kgs 4:1 — Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is c
- Gen 47:19 — Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that
- Mal 2:2 — If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed the
- Ps 15:5 — He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
- Ps 128:2 — For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.