Nehemiah 5:18 - Revised Standard Version CI

¹⁸ Now that which was prepared for one day was one ox and six choice sheep; fowls likewise were prepared for me, and every ten days skins of wine in abundance; yet with all this I did not demand the food allowance of the governor, because the servitude was heavy upon this people.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ Now these were prepared for each day: one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days a store of all sorts of wine. Yet for all this, I did not demand [my rights] the food allowed me as governor, for the [tribute] bondage was heavy upon this people.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ Now that which was prepared for one day was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this I demanded not the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ One ox, six choice sheep, and birds were prepared each day. Every ten days there was a large amount of wine. Yet even with this I didn’t ask for the governor’s food allowance because of the heavy burden the people had to carry.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ Now there was prepared for me, on each day, one ox and six choice rams, along with poultry. And once every ten days, I distributed diverse wines and many other things. Yet I did not require my yearly allowance as governor. For the people were greatly impoverished.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ And there was prepared for me day by day one ox, and six choice rams, besides fowls: and once in ten days I gave store of divers wines, and many other things. Yet I did not require my yearly allowance as governor: for the people were very much impoverished.

Nehemiah 5:18 Tagairtí Cros

1 Kings 5:3

“You know that David my father could not build a house for the name of the Lord his God because of the warfare with which his enemies surrounded him, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet.

Psalm 37:21

The wicked borrows, and cannot pay back, but the righteous is generous and gives;

Psalm 37:26

He is ever giving liberally and lending, and his children become a blessing.

2 Thessalonians 3:8

we did not eat any one's bread without paying, but with toil and labor we worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you.