Nehemiah 9:36 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

³⁶ Here we are today, slaves in the land you gave our ancestors so that they could enjoy its fruit and its goodness. Here we are #– #slaves in it!

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁶ Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁶ Behold, we are slaves this day, and as for the land that You gave to our fathers to eat the fruit and the good of it, behold, we are slaves in it.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁶ Behold, we are servants this day, and as for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it.

Common English Bible

³⁶ So now today we are slaves, slaves in the land that you gave to our ancestors to enjoy its fruit and its good gifts.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁶ Behold, we ourselves this day are servants. And the land, which you gave to our fathers so that they might eat its bread and have its good things, we ourselves are servants within it.

Nehemiah 9:36 Cross References

2 Chronicles 12:8

However, they will become his servants so that they may recognise the difference between serving me and serving the kingdoms of other lands.’

Ezra 9:9

Though we are slaves,  our God has not abandoned us in our slavery. He has extended grace to us in the presence of the Persian kings,  giving us relief, so that we can rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins,  to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem.

Lamentations 5:4

We must pay for the water we drink; our wood comes at a price.

Lamentations 5:5

We are closely pursued; we are tired, and no one offers us rest.

Deuteronomy 28:48

you will serve your enemies that the Lord will send against you, in famine, thirst, nakedness, and a lack of everything. He will place an iron yoke  on your neck until he has destroyed you.