Nehemiah 5:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Nehemiah 5:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Nehemiah 5:16 in 6 Bible Translations
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Nehemiah 5:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Yes, I also continued in the work of this wall. We didn’t buy any land. All my servants were gathered there to the work.”
Nehemiah 5:16 — World English Bible
Nehemiah 5:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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.”
Nehemiah 5:16 — American Standard Version
Nehemiah 5:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“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;”
Nehemiah 5:16 — Young's Literal Translation
Nehemiah 5:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“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.”
Nehemiah 5:16 — Darby Translation
Nehemiah 5:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“But rather I fortified a portion in the worke of this wall, and we bought no lande, and all my seruants came thither together vnto the worke.”
Nehemiah 5:16 — Geneva Bible
Nehemiah 5:16 in Context — Nehemiah 5
14 Dès le jour où le roi m’établit leur gouverneur dans le pays de Juda, depuis la vingtième année jusqu’à la trente-deuxième année du roi Artaxerxès, pendant douze ans, ni moi ni mes frères n’avons vécu des revenus du gouverneur.
15 Avant moi, les premiers gouverneurs accablaient le peuple, et recevaient de lui du pain et du vin, outre quarante sicles d’argent; leurs serviteurs mêmes opprimaient le peuple. Je n’ai point agi de la sorte, par crainte de Dieu.
16 Bien plus, j’ai travaillé à la réparation de cette muraille, et nous n’avons acheté aucun champ, et mes serviteurs tous ensemble étaient à l’ouvrage.
17 J’avais à ma table cent cinquante hommes, Juifs et magistrats, outre ceux qui venaient à nous des nations d’alentour.
18 On m’apprêtait chaque jour un bœuf, six moutons choisis, et des oiseaux; et tous les dix jours on préparait en abondance tout le vin nécessaire. Malgré cela, je n’ai point réclamé les revenus du gouverneur, parce que les travaux étaient à la charge de ce peuple.
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What Does Nehemiah 5:16 Mean?
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