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Nehemiah 5:1
1And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
Nehemiah 5:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
- New International Version (NIV)Now the men and their wives raised a great outcry against their fellow Jews.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Now there arose a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish brothers.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And there was a great outcry of the people and their wives against their Jewish brethren.
Context of Nehemiah 5:1
And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. 2And there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many, and we must procure corn that we may eat and live. 3And there were that said, We have had to pledge our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses, that we might procure corn in the dearth.
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וַתְּהִ֨י צַעֲקַ֥ת הָעָ֛ם וּנְשֵׁיהֶ֖ם גְּדוֹלָ֑ה אֶל־אֲחֵיהֶ֖ם הַיְּהוּדִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Nehemiah 5:1
- Exodus 3:7And Jehovah said, I have seen assuredly the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and their cry have I heard on account of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows.
- Exodus 22:25— If thou lend money to my people, the poor with thee, thou shalt not be to him as a usurer: ye shall charge him no interest.
- Job 31:38If my land cry out against me, and its furrows weep together;
- Job 34:28So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
- Isaiah 5:7For the vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah the plant of his delight: and he looked for justice, and behold, blood-shedding; for righteousness, and behold, a cry.
- Luke 18:7And shall not God at all avenge his elect, who cry to him day and night, and he bears long as to them?
- James 5:4Behold, the wages of your labourers, who have harvested your fields, wrongfully kept back by you, cry, and the cries of those that have reaped are entered into the ears of [the] Lord of sabaoth.
- Leviticus 25:35And if thy brother grow poor, and he be fallen into decay beside thee, then thou shalt relieve him, [be he] stranger or sojourner, that he may live beside thee.
- Deuteronomy 15:7If there be amongst you a poor man, any one of thy brethren in one of thy gates, in thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy brother in need;
- Acts 7:26And on the morrow he shewed himself to them as they were contending, and compelled them to peace, saying, Ye are brethren, why do ye wrong one another?
- 1 Corinthians 6:6But brother prosecutes his suit with brother, and that before unbelievers.
Commentaries on Nehemiah 5:1
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The Jews complain of grievances. (1-5) Nehemiah redresses the grievances. (6-13) Nehemiah's forbearance. (14-19) Verses 1-5 Men prey upon their fellow-creatures: by despising the poor they reproach their Maker. Such conduct is a disgrace to any, but who can sufficiently abhor it when adopted by professing Christians? With compassion for the oppressed, we should lament the hardships which many in the world are groaning under; putting our souls into their…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-13Severe financial problems almost stopped the wall's completion (Nehemiah 5:1–5), but Nehemiah found a solution (5:6–13).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-51-5. there was a great cry of the people ... against their brethren--Such a crisis in the condition of the Jews in Jerusalem--fatigued with hard labor and harassed by the machinations of restless enemies, the majority of them poor, and the bright visions which hope had painted of pure happiness on their return to the land of their fathers being unrealized--must have been very trying to their faith and patience. But, in addition to these vexatious…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Nehemiah 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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