Nehemiah 5:2
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous. We must get grain in order to eat and stay alive.”
In context
1 About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews.
2 Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous. We must get grain in order to eat and stay alive.”
3 Others were saying, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our homes to get grain during the famine.”
4 Still others were saying, “We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.
Nehemiah 5:2 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous. We must get grain in order to eat and stay alive.”
- KJV 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.
- WEB World English Bible
- For there were some who said, “We, our sons and our daughters, are many. Let us get grain, that we may eat and live.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- For there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many: let us get grain, that we may eat and live.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- yea, there are who are saying, 'Our sons, and our daughters, we — are many, and we receive corn, and eat, and live.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many, and we must procure corn that we may eat and live.
- WBS Webster Bible
- 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.