Nehemiah 5:2
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For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous. We must get grain in order to eat and stay alive.”
In other translations
For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous. We must get grain in order to eat and stay alive.”
Hebrew words
וְיֵשׁveyeshand thereH3426אֲשֶׁר'asher[were those] whoH834אֹמְרִים'omerim[were] sayingH559בָּנֵינוּbaneinusons ourH1121וּבְנֹתֵינוּuvenoteinuand daughters ourH1323אֲנַחְנוּ'anachnuweH587רַבִּיםrabim[are] manyH7227וְנִקְחָהvenikchahand let us getH3947דָגָןdagangrainH1715וְנֹאכְלָהvenokhelahso we may eatH398וְנִחְיֶה׃venichyehand we may liveH2421
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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- Psalm 128:2-42 For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. 3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table. 4 Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.2 For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours. 3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table. 4 In this way indeed shall blessing come to the man who fears the LORD.
- Malachi 2:2If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the Lord of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already begun to curse them, because you are not taking it to heart.
- Psalm 127:3-53 Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. 4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. 5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.3 Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward. 4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are children born in one’s youth. 5 Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. He will not be put to shame when he confronts the enemies at the gate.
- Genesis 41:57And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.And every nation came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all the earth.
- Genesis 42:2And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.“Look,” he added, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.”
- Genesis 43:8And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.And Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me, and we will go at once, so that we may live and not die—neither we, nor you, nor our children.
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