Nehemiah 5:16
World English Bible (WEB)
Yes, I also continued in the work of this wall. We didn’t buy any land. All my servants were gathered there to the work.
In context
14 Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even to the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brothers have not eaten the bread of the governor.
15 But the former governors who were before me were supported by the people, and took bread and wine from them, plus forty shekels of silver; yes, even their servants ruled over the people, but I didn’t do so, because of the fear of God.
16 Yes, I also continued in the work of this wall. We didn’t buy any land. All my servants were gathered there to the work.
17 Moreover there were at my table, of the Jews and the rulers, one hundred fifty men, in addition to those who came to us from among the nations that were around us.
18 Now that which was prepared for one day was one ox and six choice sheep. Also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days a store of all sorts of wine. Yet for all this, I didn’t demand the governor’s pay, because the bondage was heavy on this people.
Nehemiah 5:16 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- Yes, I also continued in the work of this wall. We didn’t buy any land. All my servants were gathered there to the work.
- KJV King James Version
- Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Instead, I devoted myself to the construction of the wall, and all my servants were gathered there for the work; we did not acquire any land.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And also, in the work of this wall I have done mightily, even a field we have not bought, and all my servants are gathered there for the work;
- DBY Darby Translation
- Yea, also I applied myself to this work of the wall, and we bought no fields; and all my servants were gathered thither for the work.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither to the work.