However, they will become subjects to him so that they may learn the difference between serving Me and serving the kings of the earth.”
Nehemiah 9:36 - Tree of Life Version “But see, even today we are slaves! Slaves in the land that You gave to our ancestors to eat of its fruit and its bounty. We are slaves in it. 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. |
However, they will become subjects to him so that they may learn the difference between serving Me and serving the kings of the earth.”
Though we are slaves, our God has not forsaken us in our bondage. He has extended lovingkindness to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, reviving us in order to restore the House of our God, to raise up its ruins, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
you will serve your enemies, whom Adonai will send against you, in hunger and thirst, in nakedness and lacking everything; and He will put an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.