Nehemiah 5:6

And it is very displeasing to me when I have heard their cry and these words,

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5and now, as the flesh of our brethren [is] our flesh, as their sons [are] our sons, and lo, we are subduing our sons and our daughters for servants, and there are of our daughters subdued, and our hand hath no might, and our fields and our vineyards [are] to others.'

7and my heart reigneth over me, and I strive with the freemen, and with the prefects, and say to them, 'Usury one upon another ye are exacting;' and I set against them a great assembly,

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Cross References

Exodus 11:8and all these thy servants have come down unto me, and bowed themselves to me, saying, Go out, thou and all the people who [are] at thy feet; and afterwards I do go out;' — and he goeth out from Pharaoh in the heat of anger.

Nehemiah 13:8and it is very displeasing to me, and I cast all the vessels of the house of Tobiah without, out of the chamber,

Psalms 119:53Horror hath seized me, Because of the wicked forsaking Thy law.

Ephesians 4:26be angry and do not sin; let not the sun go down upon 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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