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Nehemiah 5:4-6
Christian Standard Bible
Nehemiah 5:4-6
Christian Standard Bible
4 Still others were saying, “We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax(A) on our fields and vineyards.(B) 5 We and our children are just like our countrymen and their children, yet we are subjecting our sons and daughters to slavery.(C) Some of our daughters are already enslaved,(D) but we are powerless[a] because our fields and vineyards belong to others.”
6 I became extremely angry(E) when I heard their outcry and these complaints.
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- 5:5 Lit but there is not the power in our hand
Nehemiah 5:4-6
New International Version
Nehemiah 5:4-6
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4 Still others were saying, “We have had to borrow money to pay the king’s tax(A) on our fields and vineyards. 5 Although we are of the same flesh and blood(B) as our fellow Jews and though our children are as good as theirs, yet we have to subject our sons and daughters to slavery.(C) Some of our daughters have already been enslaved, but we are powerless, because our fields and our vineyards belong to others.”(D)
6 When I heard their outcry and these charges, I was very angry.
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