Nehemiah 5:2

And there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many, and we must procure corn that we may eat and live.

Darby Translation

In The King James 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.

In Context

1And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.

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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Cross References

Genesis 42:2And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down thither and buy [grain] for us from thence, in order that we may live, and not die.

Genesis 47:19Why should we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be bondmen to Pharaoh; and give seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the land be not desolate.

Psalms 128:2For thou shalt eat the labour of thy hands; happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 5:2-6

The Complaints of the Poor. ( b. c. 445.) 1 And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. 2 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. 3 Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth. 4 There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards. 5… Read the whole commentary →

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