Nehemiah 5:6 - Forerunner Commentary

Nehemiah 5:6

4 There were also those who said, “We have borrowed money for the king’s tax on our lands and vineyards.

5 Yet now ^aour flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children; and indeed we ^bare forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters have been brought into slavery. It is not in our power to redeem them, for other men have our lands and vineyards.”

6 And I became very angry when I heard their outcry and these words.

7 After serious thought, I rebuked the nobles and rulers, and said to them, ^a“Each of you is exacting usury from his brother.” So I² called a great assembly against them.

8 And I said to them, “According to our ability we have ^aredeemed our Jewish brethren who were sold to the nations. Now indeed, will you even sell your brethren? Or should they be sold to us?” Then they were silenced and found nothing to say.

9 Then I said, “What you are doing is not good. Should you not walk ^ain the fear of our God ^bbecause of the reproach of the nations, our enemies?

Verse Comparison: Nehemiah 5:6

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American Standard Version
And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.

Amplified® Bible
I [Nehemiah] was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.

Contemporary English Version
When I heard their complaints and their charges, I became very angry.

Darby English Version
And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.

Good News Bible
When I heard their complaints, I grew angry

King James Version
And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.

New American Standard Bible
Then I was very angry when I had heard their outcry and these words.

New International Version
When I heard their outcry and these charges, I was very angry.

New King James Version
And I became very angry when I heard their outcry and these words.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then I felt very angry when I had heard their outcry and these words.

Revised Standard Version
I was very angry when I heard their outcry and these words.

Young's Literal Translation
And it is very displeasing to me when I have heard their cry and these words,

New English Translation
I was very angry when I heard their outcry and these complaints.¹

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