Nehemiah 5:1 “About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wiv…”

Nehemiah 5:1

About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

American Standard Version

Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.

Geneva Bible 1599

Nowe there was a great crie of the people, and of their wiues against their brethren the Iewes.

Darby Translation

And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.

Young's Literal Translation

And there is a great cry of the people and their wives, concerning their brethren the Jews,

Bible in Basic English

Then there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their countrymen the Jews.

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Cross references

“a great cry”

Isaiah 5:7 Exodus 3:7 Exodus 22:25–27 Job 34:28 Luke 18:7 James 5:4

Isaiah 5:7 · BSB

For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.

Exodus 3:7 · BSB

The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.

Exodus 22:25–27 · BSB

If you lend money to one of My people among you who is poor, you must not act as a creditor to him; you are not to charge him interest.

Job 34:28 · BSB

They caused the cry of the poor to come before Him, and He heard the outcry of the afflicted.

Luke 18:7 · BSB

Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He delay in helping them?

James 5:4 · BSB

Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

“their brethren”

Deuteronomy 15:7–11 Leviticus 25:35–37 Acts 7:26 1 Corinthians 6:6–8

Deuteronomy 15:7–11 · BSB

If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother.

Leviticus 25:35–37 · BSB

Now if your countryman becomes destitute and cannot support himself among you, then you are to help him as you would a foreigner or stranger, so that he can continue to live among you.

Acts 7:26 · BSB

The next day he came upon two Israelites who were fighting, and he tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why are you mistreating each other?’

1 Corinthians 6:6–8 · BSB

Instead, one brother goes to law against another, and this in front of unbelievers!

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous. We must get grain in order to eat and stay alive.”

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