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Nehemiah 5:6

American Standard Version

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

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Nehemiah 5:6 in other translations

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

Nehemiah 5:6 · World English Bible

Nehemiah 5:6 in context

  1. 4There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute upon our fields and our vineyards.
  2. 5Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage already: neither is it in our power to help it; for other men have our fields and our vineyards.
  3. 6And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
  4. 7Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I held a great assembly against them.
  5. 8And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, that were sold unto the nations; and would ye even sell your brethren, and should they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found never a word.