Nehemiah 5:2

And there were some who were saying, Our sons and our daughters, are we pledging,—that we may obtain corn, and eat, and keep ourselves alive.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

1Then came there to be a great outcry of the people and their wives,—against their brethren the Jews.

3And there were some who were saying, Our fields and our vineyards and our houses, are we pledging,—that we may obtain corn in the dearth.

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Cross References

Genesis 42:2And he said, Lo I have heard that there is corn in Egypt,—Go down thither and buy corn for us from thence, that we may live and not die.

Genesis 47:19Wherefore should we die before thine eyes both we, and our ground? Buy thou us and our ground, for bread,—and we and our ground will become servants to Pharaoh, and give seed, that we may live, and not die, and the ground, not lie waste.

Psalms 128:2The labour of thine own hands, surely thou shalt eat. How happy thou, and well for thine!

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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