Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the Jews.
New American Standard Bible
Now
King James Version
And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
Holman Bible
There was a widespread outcry from the people and their wives against their Jewish countrymen.
International Standard Version
Now the people along with their spouses complained loudly against their fellow Jews,
American Standard Version
Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
Amplified
Now there was a great outcry of the [poorer] people and their wives against their Jewish brothers [to whom they were deeply in debt].
Bible in Basic English
Then there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their countrymen the Jews.
Darby Translation
And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
Julia Smith Translation
And a cry of the people and their wives will be great against their brethren the Jews.
King James 2000
And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Now there was a great cry of distress of the people and of their wives [against] their Jewish brothers.
Modern King James verseion
And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the Jews.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And there arose a great complaint of the people, and of their wives, against their brethren the Jews.
NET Bible
Then there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews.
New Heart English Bible
Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the Jews.
The Emphasized Bible
Then came there to be a great outcry of the people and their wives, - against their brethren the Jews.
Webster
And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
World English Bible
Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the Jews.
Youngs Literal Translation
And there is a great cry of the people and their wives, concerning their brethren the Jews,
Themes
Covetousness » Instances of » Some jews » In exacting usury from their brethren
Repentance » Instances of » The jews of the exile » Because of their oppressive usury
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Nehemiah 5:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Nehemiah Deals With Strife
1 Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the Jews. 2 For there were who said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many. Let us get grain that we may eat and live.
Cross References
Isaiah 5:7
For the vineyard of LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant. And he looked for justice, but, behold, oppression, for righteousness, but, behold, a cry.
Exodus 3:7
And LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.
Exodus 22:25-27
If thou lend money to any of my people with thee who is poor, thou shall not be to him as a creditor, neither shall ye lay upon him interest.
Leviticus 25:35-37
And if thy brother becomes poor, and his hand fails with thee, then thou shall uphold him; he shall live with thee [as] a stranger and a sojourner.
Deuteronomy 15:7-11
If there be with thee a poor man, one of thy brothers, within any of thy gates in thy land which LORD thy God gives thee, thou shall not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy poor brother,
Job 31:38-39
If my land cries out against me, and the furrows of it weep together;
Job 34:28
so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him, and he heard the cry of the afflicted.
Luke 18:7
And God, will he, no, not do the vengeance of his chosen who cry out to him day and night, and yet being patient toward them?
Acts 7:26
And on the next day he was seen by them as they fought, and he was reconciling them for peace, having said, Men, ye are brothers. Why is it that ye wrong each other?
1 Corinthians 6:6-8
But brother goes to law against brother, and this before unbelievers?
James 5:4
Behold the wage of the workmen who reaped your fields. The man who was defrauded by you cries out. And the outcries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of Lord of hosts.