Nehemiah 5:18
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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.Each day one ox, six choice sheep, and some fowl were prepared for me, and once every ten days an abundance of all kinds of wine was provided. But I did not demand the food allotted to the governor, because the burden on the people was so heavy.
In other translations
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.Each day one ox, six choice sheep, and some fowl were prepared for me, and once every ten days an abundance of all kinds of wine was provided. But I did not demand the food allotted to the governor, because the burden on the people was so heavy.
Hebrew words
וַאֲשֶׁרva'asherand [that] whichH834הָיָהhayahit wasH1961נַעֲשֶׂהna'asehmadeH6213לְיוֹםleyomfor a dayH3117אֶחָד'echadoneH259שׁוֹרshor[was] an oxH7794אֶחָד'echadoneH259צֹאןtzonsheepH6629שֵׁשׁ־shesh-sixH8337בְּרֻרוֹתberurotchosenH1305וְצִפֳּרִיםvetziporimand poultryH6833נַעֲשׂוּ־na'asu-they were madeH6213לִיlifor meוּבֵיןuveinand betweenH996עֲשֶׂרֶת'aserettenH6235יָמִיםyamimdaysH3117בְּכָל־bekholin allH3605יַיִןyayinwineH3196לְהַרְבֵּהleharbehto abundanceH7235וְעִם־ve'im-and besideH5973זֶהzehthisH2088לֶחֶםlechem[the] food ofH3899הַפֶּחָהhapechahthe governorH6346לֹאlo'notH3808בִקַּשְׁתִּיvikashtiI soughtH1245כִּי־ki-forH3588כָבְדָהkhavedahit was heavyH3513הָעֲבֹדָהha'avodahthe serviceH5656עַל־'al-onH5921הָעָםha'amthe peopleH5971הַזֶּה׃hazeh<the> thisH2088
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- 1 Kings 4:22-2322 And Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal, 23 Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.22 Solomon’s provisions for a single day were thirty cors of fine flour, sixty cors of meal, 23 ten fat oxen, twenty range oxen, and a hundred sheep, as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened poultry.
- Psalm 37:21The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous are gracious and giving.
- Psalm 37:26He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.They are ever generous and quick to lend, and their children are a blessing.
- Nehemiah 5:14-1514 Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor. 15 But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.14 Furthermore, from the day King Artaxerxes appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah, from his twentieth year until his thirty-second year (twelve years total), neither I nor my brothers ate the food allotted to the governor. 15 The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people, but I did not do this because of my fear of God.
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