Nehemiah 5:1 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

¹ And I was exceedingly angry when I heard their cry according to these words.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ NOW THERE arose a great cry of the [poor] people and of their wives [driven to borrowing] against their Jewish brethren [the few who could afford to lend].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.

Common English Bible

¹ Then there was a great protest of the people and their wives against their fellow Jews.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ And there occurred a great outcry of the people and their wives against their brothers, the Jews.

Nehemiah 5:1 Cross References

Nehemiah 4:23

And now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren: and our children as their children. Behold we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters, and some of our daughters are bondwomen already, neither have we wherewith to redeem them, and our fields and our vineyards other men possess.

Job 34:28

4 Let men of understanding speak to me, and let a wise man hearken to me.

Exodus 3:7

For the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have seen their affliction, wherewith they are oppressed by the Egyptians.

Isaiah 5:7

5 And man shall be brought down, and man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be brought low.

Jeremiah 34:8

6 And you are fallen back, and have defiled my name: and you have brought back again every man his manservant, and every man his maidservant, whom you had let go free, and set at liberty: and you have brought them into subjection to be your servants and handmaids.

Ezekiel 45:9

7 And the prince shall give the holocaust, and the sacrifice, and the libations on the feasts, and on the new moons, and on the sabbaths, and on all the solemnities of the house of Israel: he shall offer the sacrifice for sin, and the holocaust, and the peace offerings to make expiation for the house of Israel.

Malachi 2:13

And the sacrifice of Juda and of Jerusalem shall please the Lord, as in the days of old, and in the ancient years.

Luke 18:7

5 And they brought unto him also infants, that he might touch them. Which when the disciples saw, they rebuked them.

Acts 7:26

4 Seeing I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, and I will send thee into Egypt.

James 5:4

3 Is any of you sad? Let him pray. Is he cheerful in mind? Let him sing.