Nevertheless they shall be servants to him, that they may know my service and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.”
Nehemiah 9:36 - Revised Standard Version Behold, we are slaves this day; in the land that thou gavest to our fathers to enjoy its fruit and its good gifts, behold, we are slaves. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Behold, we ourselves this day are bondmen: and the land, which thou gavest our fathers, to eat the bread thereof, and the good things thereof; and we ourselves are servants in it. |
Nevertheless they shall be servants to him, that they may know my service and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.”
For we are bondmen; yet our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but has extended to us his steadfast love before the kings of Persia, to grant us some reviving to set up the house of our God, to repair its ruins, and to give us protection in Judea and Jerusalem.
With a yoke on our necks we are hard driven; we are weary, we are given no rest.
therefore you shall serve your enemies whom the Lord will send against you, in hunger and thirst, in nakedness, and in want of all things; and he will put a yoke of iron upon your neck, until he has destroyed you.