Nehemiah 5:2
Nehemiah Defends the Oppressed
1About 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.”
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Berean Standard Bible
Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous. We must get grain in order to eat and stay alive.”
American Standard Version (1901)
For there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many: let us get grain, that we may eat and live.
Bible in Basic English
For there were some who said, We, our sons and our daughters, are a great number: let us get grain, so that we may have food for our needs.
Douay-Rheims 1899
And there were some that said: Our sons and our daughters are very many: Yet us take up corn for the price of them, and let us eat and live.
Free Bible Version
They were complaining, “Our families are so large we need more food so we can eat and live.”
Geneva Bible 1599
For there were that said, We, our sonnes and our daughters are many, therefore we take vp corne, that we may eate and liue.
King James (Authorized) Version
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.
Translation for Translators
Some/One of them said, “We have many children. So we need a lot of grain to be able to eat and continue to live.”
Unlocked Literal Bible
For there were some who said, “With our sons and daughters we are many. So let us get grain that we may eat and stay alive.”
Noah Webster Bible
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.
World English Bible
For there were some who said, “We, our sons and our daughters, are many. Let us get grain, that we may eat and live.”
Young's Literal Translation
yea, there are who are saying, 'Our sons, and our daughters, we — are many, and we receive corn, and eat, and live.'