NET Bible
"There were those who said,“With our sons and daughters, we are many. We must obtain grain in order to eat and stay alive.”"
— Nehemiah 5:2, NET Bible
“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.”
“For there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many: let us get grain, that we may eat and live. ”
“For there were that said, "We, our sons and our daughters, are many. Let us get grain, that we may eat and live."”
“And there were some that said: Our sons and our daughters are very many: let us take up corn for the price of them, and let us eat and live.”
“For there were some who said, We, our sons and our daughters, are a great number: let us get grain, so that we may have food for our needs.”
“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.”
Nehemiah Intervenes on behalf of the Oppressed Then there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews.
There were those who said,“With our sons and daughters, we are many. We must obtain grain in order to eat and stay alive.”
There were others who said,“We are putting up our fields, our vineyards, and our houses as collateral in order to obtain grain during the famine.”
Then there were those who said,“We have borrowed money to pay our taxes to the king on our fields and our vineyards.
And now, though we share the same flesh and blood as our fellow countrymen, and our children are just like their children, still we have found it necessary to subject our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters have been subjected to slavery, while we are powerless to help, since our fields and vineyards now belong to other people.”