Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
And there was 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,
A Conservative Version
Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the 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 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 And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the Jews. 2 For certain ones said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many. Let us get grain for them, so that we may eat and live.
Cross References
Isaiah 5:7
For the vineyard of Jehovah of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah His pleasant plant; and He looked for justice, but behold bloody iniquity; for righteousness, but behold a cry!
Exodus 3:7
And Jehovah said, I have surely seen the affliction of My people who are in Egypt; I have heard their cry because of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows.
Exodus 22:25-27
If you lend money to one of My people who is poor beside you, you shall not be to him as a money-lender, neither shall you lay upon him interest.
Leviticus 25:35-37
And if your brother has become poor, and his hand has failed with you, then you shall help him; yes, even if he is a stranger or a tenant, so that he may live with you.
Deuteronomy 15:7-11
If there is among you a poor man of one of your brothers inside any of your gates in your land which Jehovah your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart nor shut your hand from your poor brother.
Job 31:38-39
If my lands cry against me, or its furrows weep together;
Job 34:28
so as to cause the cry of the poor to come to Him, for He hears the cry of the afflicted.
Luke 18:7
And shall not God avenge His own elect who cry day and night to Him, though He has been long-suffering over them?
Acts 7:26
And the next day he appeared to them while fighting. And he urged them to peace, saying, Men, you are brothers, why do you wrong one another?
1 Corinthians 6:6-8
But brother goes to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers.
James 5:4
Behold, the hire of the laborers reaping your fields cry out, being kept back by you. And the cries of those who have reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of hosts.