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

4And others said, “We have had to borrow money on our fields and vineyards to pay our taxes. 5We belong to the same family as those who are wealthy, and our children are just like theirs. Yet we must sell our children into slavery just to get enough money to live. We have already sold some of our daughters, and we are helpless to do anything about it, for our fields and vineyards are already mortgaged to others.” When I heard their complaints, I was very angry. 7After thinking it over, I spoke out against these nobles and officials. I told them, “You are hurting your own relatives by charging interest when they borrow money!” Then I called a public meeting to deal with the problem. 8At the meeting I said to them, “We are doing all we can to redeem our Jewish relatives who have had to sell themselves to pagan foreigners, but you are selling them back into slavery again. How often must we redeem them?” And they had nothing to say in their defense.

Nehemiah 5:6 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And I was veryמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966
• angryחָרָהchârâh · to be incensedH2734
• when I heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• their cryזְעָקָהza‛aq ze‛âqâh · outcryH2201
• and these wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697

Cross-references for Nehemiah 5:6

• Nehemiah 13:8I became very upset and threw all of Tobiah’s belongings out of the room.
• Exodus 11:8All the officials of Egypt will run to me and fall to the ground before me. ‘Please leave!’ they will beg. ‘Hurry! And take all your followers with you.’ Only then will I go!” Then, burning with anger, Moses left Pharaoh.
• Numbers 16:15Then Moses became very angry and said to the Lord, “Do not accept their grain offerings! I have not taken so much as a donkey from them, and I have never hurt a single one of them.”
• Mark 3:5He looked around at them angrily and was deeply saddened by their hard hearts. Then he said to the man, “Hold out your hand.” So the man held out his hand, and it was restored!
• Ephesians 4:26And “don’t sin by letting anger control you.” Don’t let the sun go down while you are still angry,

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