Nehemiah 5:6

Then was I very angrie when I heard their crie and these wordes.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.

In Context

5And nowe our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, and our sonnes as their sonnes: and lo, we bring into subiection our sonnes and our daughters, as seruants, and there be of our daughters nowe in subiection, and there is no power in our handes: for other men haue our landes and our vineyardes.

7And I thought in my minde, and I rebuked the princes, and the rulers, and saide vnto them, You lay burthens euery one vpon his brethren: and I set a great assemblie against them,

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Cross References

Exodus 11:8And all these thy seruants shall come downe vnto me, and fal before me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that are at thy feete, and after this will I depart. So he went out from Pharaoh very angry.

Nehemiah 13:8And it grieued me sore: therefore I cast forth all the vessels of the house of Tobiah out of the chamber.

Psalms 119:53Feare is come vpon mee for the wicked, that forsake thy Lawe.

Ephesians 4:26Bee angrie, but sinne not: let not the sunne goe downe vpon your wrath,

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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