The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

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Nehemiah 5:8 (JPS Tanakh 1917)
And I said unto them: 'We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, that sold themselves unto the heathen; and would ye nevertheless sell your brethren, and should they sell themselves unto us?' Then held they their peace, and found never a word.

 

[Deade]

Nehemiah 5:9 (NASB)

Again I said, “The thing which you are doing is not good; should you not walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the nations, our enemies?

 

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Nehemiah 5:10 (NASB)

And likewise I, my brothers and my servants are lending them money and grain. Please, let us leave off this usury.

 

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Nehemiah 5:11 (ERV)
Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their fields, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.

 

[Deade]

Nehemiah 5:12 (ESV)

Then they said, “We will restore these and require nothing from them. We will do as you say.” And I called the priests and made them swear to do as they had promised.

 

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Nehemiah 5:13 (ESV)

I also shook out the fold of my garment and said, “So may God shake out every man from his house and from his labor who does not keep this promise. So may he be shaken out and emptied.” And all the assembly said “Amen” and praised the LORD. And the people did as they had promised.

 

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Nehemiah 5:14 (AKJV)
Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even to the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brothers have not eaten the bread of the governor.

 

[Deade]

Nehemiah 5:15 (ESV)

The former governors who were before me laid heavy burdens on the people and took from them for their daily ration forty shekels of silver. Even their servants lorded it over the people. But I did not do so, because of the fear of God.

 

[Deade]

Nehemiah 5:16 (ESV)

I also persevered in the work on this wall, and we acquired no land, and all my servants were gathered there for the work.

 

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Nehemiah 5:17 (KJV)
Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that are about us.

 

[Deade]

Nehemiah 5:18 (KJV)

Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.

 

[Deade]

Nehemiah 5:19 (KJV)

Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people.

 

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Nehemiah 6:1 (King James 2000 Bible)
Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had built the wall, and that there was no break left in it; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates)

 

[Deade]

Nehemiah 6:2 (NKJV)

that Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, “Come, let us meet together among the villages in the plain of Ono.” But they thought to do me harm.

 

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Nehemiah 6:3 (NKJV)

So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and go down to you?”

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Nehemiah 6:4 (HCSB)
Four times they sent me the same proposal, and I gave them the same reply.

 

[Deade]

Nehemiah 6:5 (NIV)

Then, the fifth time, Sanballat sent his aide to me with the same message, and in his hand was an unsealed letter

 

[Deade]

Nehemiah 6:6 (NIV)

in which was written:
“It is reported among the nations—and Geshem says it is true—that you and the Jews are plotting to revolt, and therefore you are building the wall. Moreover, according to these reports you are about to become their king

 

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Nehemiah 6:7 (JPS Tanakh 1917)
And thou hast also appointed prophets to proclaim of thee at Jerusalem, saying: There is a king in Judah; and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.'

 

[Deade]

Nehemiah 6:8 (NKJV)

Then I sent to him, saying, “No such things as you say are being done, but you invent them in your own heart.”