Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
I also devoted myself to the work of this wall, and we did not buy land. All of my servants were gathered for the work.
New American Standard Bible
I also
King James Version
Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.
Holman Bible
Instead, I devoted myself to the construction of the wall,
International Standard Version
Also, as I continued to work on the wall, we purchased no land, and all of my young men were employed in the work.
A Conservative Version
Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither did we buy any land. And all my servants were gathered there to the work.
American Standard Version
Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.
Amplified
I also applied myself to the work on this wall; we did not buy any land, and all my servants were gathered together there for the work.
Bible in Basic English
And I kept on with the work of this wall, and we got no land for ourselves: and all my servants were helping with the work.
Darby Translation
Yea, also I applied myself to this work of the wall, and we bought no fields; and all my servants were gathered thither for the work.
Julia Smith Translation
And also I held fast upon the work of this wall, and we bought not a field: and all my young men being gathered there for the work.
King James 2000
Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered there unto the work.
Modern King James verseion
And I also kept on in the work of this wall. Nor did we buy any land. And all my servants gathered there to the work.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I laboured also in the work upon the wall, and bought no land. And all my servants came thither together unto the work.
NET Bible
I gave myself to the work on this wall, without even purchasing a field. All my associates were gathered there for the work.
New Heart English Bible
Yes, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered there to the work.
The Emphasized Bible
Moreover also, in this work of the wall, I repaired, and, no field, did we buy, - though, all my young men, were gathered thither unto the work.
Webster
Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither to the work.
World English Bible
Yes, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered there to the work.
Youngs Literal Translation
And also, in the work of this wall I have done mightily, even a field we have not bought, and all my servants are gathered there for the work;
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Nehemiah 5:16
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Context Readings
Nehemiah Denies His Allotment
15 The former governors who were before me laid burdens on the people, and they took food and wine from them, besides forty shekels. Also, their servants controlled the people, but I did not do so because of the fear of God. 16 I also devoted myself to the work of this wall, and we did not buy land. All of my servants were gathered for the work. 17 One hundred and fifty men, prefects and Jews, and those who came to us from the nations around us, [were] at my table.
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Cross References
Numbers 16:15
Then Moses became angry, and he said to Yahweh, "Do not notice their grain offering. I have not offered one donkey from them, and I have not mistreated one of them."
Luke 8:15
But the [seed] on the good soil--these are the ones who, [after] hearing the word, hold fast to [it] with a noble and good heart, and bear fruit with patient endurance.
Acts 20:33-35
I have desired no one's silver or gold or clothing!
Romans 2:7
to those who, by perseverance in good work, seek glory and honor and immortality, eternal life,
1 Corinthians 15:58
So then, my dear brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, [because you] know that your labor is not [in] vain in the Lord.
2 Corinthians 12:16-18
But let [it] be. I have not been a burden to you, but [because I] was crafty, I took you by cunning.
Galatians 6:9
And let us not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap, [if we] do not give up.
Philippians 2:20-21
For I have no one like-minded who [will] sincerely be concerned about {your circumstances}.
1 Thessalonians 2:5-6
{For never} did we come with a word of flattery, just as you know, nor with a pretext of greediness (God [is] witness),