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 Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.
15 But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.
16 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.
17 Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that are about us.
18 Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.
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What Does Nehemiah 5:16 Mean?
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