Nehemiah 5:16 - Easy To Read Version I worked hard at building the wall of Jerusalem. All my men gathered there to work on the wall. We didn’t take any land from anyone! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I also held fast to the work on this wall; and we bought no land. And all my servants were gathered there for the work. American Standard Version (1901) Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work. Common English Bible Instead, I devoted myself to the work on this wall. We acquired no land, and all my servants were gathered there for the work. Catholic Public Domain Version In fact, I preferred to build in the work of the wall, and I bought no land, and all my servants were gathered to do the work. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Moreover I built in the work of the wall; and I bought no land; and all my servants were gathered together to the work. |
But the governors that ruled before me made life hard for the people. Those governors forced every person to pay 1 pound {\cf2\super [17]} of silver. They also made those people give them food and wine. The leaders under those governors also ruled over the people \{and made life even harder\}. But I respected and feared God, so I didn’t do things like that.
Also, I regularly fed 150 Jews that were always welcome at my table. And I fed the people that came to us from the nations around us.
So Moses became very angry. He said to the Lord, “I never did anything wrong to these people. I never took anything from them—not even a donkey! Lord, don’t accept their gifts!”
And what is the seed that fell on the good ground? That is like the people that hear God’s teaching with a good, honest heart. They obey God’s teaching and patiently make good fruit.
Some people live for God’s glory, for honor, and for life that cannot be destroyed. Those people live for those things by always continuing to do good. God will give life forever to those people.
So, my dear brothers and sisters, stand strong. Don’t let anything change you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord. You know that your work in the Lord is never wasted.
We must not become tired of doing good. We will receive our harvest \{of eternal life\} at the right time. We must not give up!