37 And (A)its abundant produce is for the kings
Whom You have set over us because of our sins;
They also rule over our bodies
And over our cattle as they please,
So we are in great distress.

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37 The land’s ·great [abundant] ·harvest [produce] belongs to the kings you have ·put [set; placed] over us
    because of our sins.
Those kings rule over ·us [L our bodies] and our cattle as they please,
    so we are in ·much trouble [great distress/misery].

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37 Its abundant produce goes to the kings you have placed over us due to our sins. They rule over our bodies and our livestock as they see fit,[a] and we are in great distress!

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 9:37 tn Heb “according to their desire.”