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Book of Nehemiah, Chapter 5

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Chapter 5 of Nehemiah—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ However, there came to be a great outcry1 of the people and their wives against their Jewish brothers.2
  2. And there were those who were saying: “Our sons and our daughters we are giving as security[a] that we may get grain and eat and keep alive.”3
  3. And there were those who were saying: “Our fields and our vineyards and our houses we are giving as security4 that we may get grain during the food shortage.”
  4. And there were those who were saying: “We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute5 on our fields and our vineyards.6
  5. And now our flesh is the same as the flesh of our brothers;7 our sons are the same as their sons, but here we are reducing our sons and our daughters to slaves,8 and there are some of our daughters already reduced; and there is no power in our hands while our fields and our vineyards belong to others.”
  6. ¶ Now I became very angry as soon as I heard their outcry and these words.
  7. So my heart took consideration within me, and I began finding fault9 with the nobles and the deputy rulers, and went on to say to them: “Usury10 is what YOU are exacting, each one from his own brother.”
    ¶ Further, I arranged a great assembly on their account.11
  8. And I proceeded to say to them: “We ourselves have bought back12 our own Jewish brothers who were sold to the nations, as far as it was in our power; and at the same time will YOU yourselves sell YOUR own brothers,13 and must they be sold to us?” At this they became speechless, and they did not find a word.14
  9. And I[b] went on to say: “The thing that YOU are doing is not good.15 Is it not in the fear16 of our God17 that YOU should walk because of the reproach18 of the nations, our enemies?19
  10. And also I, my brothers and my attendants are giving money and grain on loan among them. Let us, please, leave off this lending on interest.20
  11. Please, restore to them on this day their fields,21 their vineyards, their olive groves and their houses, and the hundredth[c] of the money and the grain, the new wine and the oil that YOU are exacting as interest from them.”
  12. ¶ To this they said: “We shall make restoration,22 and from them we shall ask nothing back.23 We shall do precisely as you are saying.”24 So I called the priests and made them swear to do according to this word.25
  13. Also, my bosom I shook out and then said: “In this manner may the [true] God shake out from his house and from his acquired property every man that does not carry out this word; and in this manner may he become shaken out and empty.” To this all the congregation[d] said: “Amen!”[e]26 And they began to praise Jehovah.27 And the people proceeded to do according to this word.28
  14. ¶ Another thing: From the day that he commissioned me to become their governor[f]29 in the land of Judah, from the twentieth30 year to the thirty-second31 year of Ar·ta·xerxʹes32 the king, twelve years, I myself and my brothers did not eat the bread due the governor.33
  15. As for the former governors that were prior to me, they had made it heavy upon the people, and they kept taking from them for bread and wine daily[g] forty silver shekels.[h] Also, their attendants themselves domineered over the people.34 As for me, I did not do that way35 on account of the fear of God.36
  16. ¶ And, what is more, in the work of this wall I took a hand,37 and not a field did we acquire;38 and all my attendants were collected together there for the work.
  17. And the Jews and the deputy rulers, a hundred and fifty men, and those coming in to us from the nations that were around us were at my table.39
  18. As for that which happened to be made ready daily, one bull, six select sheep and birds were made ready for me, and once every ten days every sort of wine40 in abundance. And along with this the bread due the governor I did not demand, because the service upon this people was heavy.
  19. Do remember for me,41 O my God, for good,42 all that I have done in behalf of this people.43

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ “Giving as security,” by a slight correction of M. Compare vs 3.
  2. ^ “I,” MmarginLXXSyVg; M, “he.”
  3. ^ Or, “one percent,” that is, monthly.
  4. ^ “The congregation.” Heb., haq·qa·halʹ; Gr., ek·kle·siʹa.
  5. ^ Or, “So be it!” Heb., ʼa·menʹ; Gr., a·menʹ; Lat., aʹmen. See Ro 1:25.
  6. ^ “Their governor,” LXX; SyVg and one Heb. ms omit “their.”
  7. ^ “Daily,” Vg; M, “after.” Probably, “after (at) the rate of.”
  8. ^ A shekel weighed 11.4 g (0.367 oz t). See App 8A.

REFERENCES

  1. ^ De 15:9; Pr 21:13; Lu 18:7
  2. ^ Mc 2:2
  3. ^ Ge 47:19
  4. ^ Ge 47:20
  5. ^ De 28:48
  6. ^ Ne 9:37
  7. ^ 2Sa 5:1
  8. ^ Ex 21:7; De 15:12; 2Ki 4:1; Pr 22:7; Mt 18:25
  9. ^ Le 19:15, 17; 2Ch 19:6; 1Ti 5:20; Ti 2:15
  10. ^ Ex 22:25; Le 25:36; De 23:19; Ps 15:5; Eze 22:12
  11. ^ Pr 27:5
  12. ^ Le 25:48
  13. ^ Le 25:35; De 15:7; Je 34:9
  14. ^ Jb 29:10; 32:15
  15. ^ 1Sa 2:24; Is 58:7
  16. ^ Le 25:36; Ne 5:15; Jb 28:28; Pr 8:13; Ec 8:12; Ml 1:6
  17. ^ De 8:18
  18. ^ 1Pe 2:12
  19. ^ Eze 36:20; Ro 2:24
  20. ^ Ne 5:7; Eze 18:8, 13
  21. ^ Ne 5:3
  22. ^ Lu 19:8
  23. ^ Ps 37:26; 112:5; Pr 19:17; 28:8; Lu 6:35
  24. ^ Ezr 10:12
  25. ^ De 17:9; Ezr 10:5
  26. ^ De 27:26
  27. ^ Ps 148:1
  28. ^ Ps 76:11; 119:106; Ec 5:5
  29. ^ Ne 10:1
  30. ^ Ne 2:1
  31. ^ Ne 13:6
  32. ^ Ezr 8:1
  33. ^ 1Co 9:4, 15; 2Th 3:8
  34. ^ Pr 29:2
  35. ^ 2Co 11:9; 12:14
  36. ^ Ne 5:9; Ps 112:1; 147:11; Pr 16:6; Ec 12:13
  37. ^ 1Pe 5:3
  38. ^ Ac 20:33; 2Co 12:17
  39. ^ 2Sa 9:7; Ps 37:21; Is 32:8; Pp 2:4; 1Pe 4:9
  40. ^ Ec 9:7; 10:19
  41. ^ Ne 13:14, 31; Ps 18:24; 106:4; Ml 3:16
  42. ^ Is 38:3
  43. ^ Heb 6:10

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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