Nehemiah 5:2 BSB — MannaFest

Nehemiah 5:2

Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous. We must get grain in order to eat and stay alive.”

BSB

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ASV

For there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many: let us get grain, that we may eat and live.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

We, our sons, and our daughters, are many - Our families are larger than we can provide for; we are obliged to go in debt; and our richer brethren take advantage of our necessitous situation, and oppress us. The details which are given in the next verse are sufficiently plain.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The condition of the poorer inhabitants was indeed deplorable; for, besides the deficient harvests caused by the great rains (Ezr 10:9; also Hag 1:6-11), a dearth was now threatened by the enemy keeping such a multitude pent up in the city, and preventing the country people bringing in provisions.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְיֵשׁ֙	ve.Yesh	and there	H3426 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	[were those] who	H834 →
אֹמְרִ֔ים	'o.me.Rim	[were] saying	H559 →
בָּנֵ֥ינוּ	ba.Nei.nu	sons our	H1121 →
וּבְנֹתֵ֖ינוּ	u.ve.no.Tei.nu	and daughters our	H1323 →
אֲנַ֣חְנוּ	'a.Nach.nu	we	H587 →
רַבִּ֑ים	ra.Bim	[are] many	H7227 →
וְנִקְחָ֥ה	ve.nik.Chah	and let us get	H3947 →
דָגָ֖ן	da.Gan	grain	H1715 →
וְנֹאכְלָ֥ה	ve.no.khe.Lah	so we may eat	H398 →
וְנִחְיֶֽה׃	ve.nich.Yeh	and we may live	H2421 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Malachi 2:2
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…
leads to
- Revelation 14:7
  And he said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come. Worship the One who made the heavens and the earth and the sea…
- Luke 17:18
  Was no one found except this foreigner to return and give glory to God?”
- Psalms 69:22
  May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap.
- Psalms 81:11–12
  But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.
- 1 Peter 4:11
  If anyone speaks, he should speak as one conveying the words of God. If anyone serves, he should serve with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be glorified through…
Through
Genesis 42:2
“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.”
leads to
- Genesis 43:8
  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.
Through
Genesis 43:8
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.
leads to
- Genesis 42:2
  “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.”
- Deuteronomy 33:6
  Let Reuben live and not die, nor his men be few.”

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Nehemiah

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

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