Nehemiah 5:6

Nehemiah 5:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
• New International Version (NIV)When I heard their outcry and these charges, I was very angry.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I was very angry when I heard their outcry and these words.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And I became very angry when I heard their outcry and these words.

Context of Nehemiah 5:6

4Also there were those who said, “We have borrowed money for the king’s tax on our fields and our vineyards. 5Now our flesh is like the flesh of our brothers, our children like their children. Yet behold, we are forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters are forced into bondage already, and we are helpless because our fields and vineyards belong to others.” Then I was very angry when I had heard their outcry and these words. 7I consulted with myself and contended with the nobles and the rulers and said to them, “You are exacting usury, each from his brother!” Therefore, I held a great assembly against them. 8I said to them, “We according to our ability have redeemed our Jewish brothers who were sold to the nations; now would you even sell your brothers that they may be sold to us?” Then they were silent and could not find a word to say.

Nehemiah 5:6 word by word

וַיִּ֥חַר לִ֖י מְאֹ֑ד כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר שָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙ אֶת־זַֽעֲקָתָ֔ם וְאֵ֖ת הַדְּבָרִ֥ים הָאֵֽלֶּה׃Read the interlinear

• Then I was veryמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966
• angryחָרָהchârâh · to be incensedH2734
• I had heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• their outcryזְעָקָהza‛aq ze‛âqâh · outcryH2201
• and theseאֵ֫לֶּה'êlleh · theseH428
• wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697

Cross-references for Nehemiah 5:6

• Nehemiah 13:8It was very displeasing to me, so I threw all of Tobiah’s household goods out of the room.
• Exodus 11:8All these your servants will come down to me and bow themselves before me, saying, ‘Go out, you and all the people who follow you,’ and after that I will go out.” And he went out from Pharaoh in hot anger.
• Numbers 16:15Then Moses became very angry and said to the Lord, “Do not regard their offering! I have not taken a single donkey from them, nor have I done harm to any of them.”
• Mark 3:5After looking around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored.
• Ephesians 4:26Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,

Commentaries on Nehemiah 5:6

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-13Verses 6-13 Nehemiah knew that, if he built Jerusalem's walls ever so high, so thick, or so strong, the city could not be safe while there were abuses. The right way to reform men's lives, is to convince their consciences. If you walk in the fear of God, you will not be either covetous of worldly gain, or cruel toward your brethren. Nothing exposes religion more to reproach, than the worldliness and hard-heartedness of the professors of it. Those that…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-7Nehemiah was very angry, but he controlled himself. He thought it over and then spoke to resolve the conflict instead of worsening it (see James 1:19–20).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-196-12. I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words--When such disorders came to the knowledge of the governor, his honest indignation was roused against the perpetrators of the evil. Having summoned a public assembly, he denounced their conduct in terms of just severity. He contrasted it with his own in redeeming with his money some of the Jewish exiles who, through debt or otherwise, had lost their personal liberty in Babylon. He urged the…Read the comment

Topics related to Nehemiah 5:6

• Borrowing
• Country
• Covetousness
• Creditor
• Interest
• Lending
• Poor
• Repentance
• Reproof
• Rich, the
• Usury

In the dictionaries

• Jubilee
• Shake
• Malachi
• Salvation
• Tax; Taxing
• Versions, Georgian, Gothic, Slavonic
• Wrath, (anger)

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