Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
And there is a great cry of the people and their wives, concerning their brethren 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 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.
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
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Nehemiah 5:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Nehemiah Deals With Strife
1 And there is a great cry of the people and their wives, concerning their brethren the Jews, 2 yea, there are who are saying, 'Our sons, and our daughters, we -- are many, and we receive corn, and eat, and live.'
Cross References
Isaiah 5:7
Because the vineyard of Jehovah of Hosts Is the house of Israel, And the man of Judah His pleasant plant, And He waiteth for judgment, and lo, oppression, For righteousness, and lo, a cry.
Exodus 3:7
And Jehovah saith, 'I have certainly seen the affliction of My people who are in Egypt, and their cry I have heard, because of its exactors, for I have known its pains;
Exodus 22:25-27
'If thou dost lend My poor people with thee money, thou art not to him as a usurer; thou dost not lay on him usury;
Leviticus 25:35-37
'And when thy brother is become poor, and his hand hath failed with thee, then thou hast kept hold on him, sojourner and settler, and he hath lived with thee;
Deuteronomy 15:7-11
'When there is with thee any needy one of one of thy brethren, in one of thy cities, in thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, thou dost not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy needy brother;
Job 31:38-39
If against me my land doth cry out, And together its furrows weep,
Job 34:28
To cause to come in unto Him The cry of the poor, And the cry of the afflicted He heareth.
Luke 18:7
and shall not God execute the justice to His choice ones, who are crying unto Him day and night -- bearing long in regard to them?
Acts 7:26
'On the succeeding day, also, he shewed himself to them as they are striving, and urged them to peace, saying, Men, brethren are ye, wherefore do ye injustice to one another?
1 Corinthians 6:6-8
but brother with brother doth go to be judged, and this before unbelievers!
James 5:4
lo, the reward of the workmen, of those who in-gathered your fields, which hath been fraudulently kept back by you -- doth cry out, and the exclamations of those who did reap into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth have entered;