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Nehemiah 5:5

Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.

KJV

et nunc sicut carnes fratrum nostrorum, sic carnes nostræ sunt : et sicut filii eorum, ita et filii nostri : ecce nos subjugamus filios nostros et filias nostras in servitutem, et de filiabus nostris sunt famulæ, nec habemus unde possint redimi : et agros nostros et vineas nostras alii possident.

Vulgate

νῦν ὡς σὰρξ ἀδελφῶν ἡμῶν σὰρξ ἡμῶν, ὡς υἱοὶ ἡμῶν υἱοὶ αὐτῶν· καὶ ἰδοὺ ἡμεῖς καταδυναστεύομεν τοὺς υἱοὺς ἡμῶν καὶ τὰς θυγατέρας ἡμῶν εἰς δούλας, καὶ εἰσὶν ἀπὸ θυγατέρων ἡμῶν καταδυναστευόμεναι· καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν δύναμις χειρὸς ἡμῶν, καὶ ἀγροὶ ἡμῶν καὶ ἀμπελῶνες ἡμῶν τοῖς ἐντίμοις.

LXX

Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage already: neither is it in our power to help it; for other men have our fields and our vineyards.

ASV

וְ/עַתָּ֗ה כִּ/בְשַׂ֤ר אַחֵ֨י/נוּ֙ בְּשָׂרֵ֔/נוּ כִּ/בְנֵי/הֶ֖ם בָּנֵ֑י/נוּ וְ/הִנֵּ֣ה אֲנַ֣חְנוּ כֹ֠בְשִׁים אֶת בָּנֵ֨י/נוּ וְ/אֶת בְּנֹתֵ֜י/נוּ לַ/עֲבָדִ֗ים וְ/יֵ֨שׁ מִ/בְּנֹתֵ֤י/נוּ נִכְבָּשׁוֹת֙ וְ/אֵ֣ין לְ/אֵ֣ל יָדֵ֔/נוּ וּ/שְׂדֹתֵ֥י/נוּ וּ/כְרָמֵ֖י/נוּ לַ/אֲחֵרִֽים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

17 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲחֵרִ֔ים
'chrym
adjective · 166×
אֲנַ֣חְנוּ
'nchnv
pronoun · 120×
אֵ֣ל
'l
noun · 244×
אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
בַּת
bt
noun · 585×
הִנֵּ֥ה
hnh
pronoun · 838×
ו
v
noun · 629×
וֹ
v
noun · 269×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
י
y
noun · 92×
יֶשׁ
ysh
pronoun · 137×
ךָ
k
noun · 791×
נִכְבְּשָׁ֥ה
nkbshh
verb · 15×
עַתָּ֗ה
'th
adverb · 433×
שָּׂדֶ֔ה
shdh
noun · 334×

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
  • Exod 21:7 — And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.
  • Gen 37:27 — Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.
  • Isa 50:1 — Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves,
  • Isa 58:7 — Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own fl
  • Job 24:9 — They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
  • Lev 25:39 — And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:
  • Lev 25:39 — And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:
  • Lev 25:48 — After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him:
  • Matt 18:25 — But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.