Nehemiah 5:12 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised They responded, ‘We will return these things and require nothing more from them. We will do as you say.’ So I summoned the priests and made everyone take an oath to do this. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then they said, We will restore these and require nothing from them. We will do as you say. Then I called the priests and took an oath of the lenders that they would do according to this promise. American Standard Version (1901) Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do, even as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they would do according to this promise. Common English Bible They replied, “We’ll return everything, and we won’t charge anything else. We’ll do what you’ve asked.” So I called the priests and made them swear to do what they had promised. Catholic Public Domain Version And they said: "We will restore it, and we will require nothing from them. And we will do just as you say." And I called the priests, and I had them swear an oath, so that they would act in accord with what I had said. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they said: We will restore, and we will require nothing of them; and we will do as thou sayest. And I called the priests and took an oath of them, to do according to what I had said. |
Then Ezra got up and made the leading priests, Levites, and all Israel take an oath to do what had been said; so they took the oath.
join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath , to follow the law of God given through God’s servant Moses and to obey carefully all the commands, ordinances, and statutes of the Lord our Lord.
We will not give our daughters in marriage to the surrounding peoples and will not take their daughters as wives for our sons.
When the surrounding peoples bring merchandise or any kind of grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we will not buy from them on the Sabbath or a holy day. We will also leave the land uncultivated in the seventh year and will cancel every debt.
I rebuked them, cursed them, beat some of their men, and pulled out their hair. I forced them to take an oath before God and said, ‘You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters as wives for your sons or yourselves!
Return their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses to them immediately, along with the percentage of the money, grain, new wine, and fresh oil that you have been assessing them.’
But Jesus kept silent. The high priest said to him, ‘I charge you under oath by the living God: Tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God.’
But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, ‘Look, I’ll give half of my possessions to the poor, Lord. And if I have extorted anything from anyone, I’ll pay back four times as much.’