16Yea, 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.
16Yea, 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.
13 Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house and from his earnings, that performeth not this promise: even thus be he shaken out and emptied! And all the congregation said, Amen! And they praised Jehovah. And the people did according to this promise.
14 Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even to the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.
15 But the former governors that were before me had been chargeable to the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver: even their servants bore rule over the people. But I did not so, because of the fear of God.
16 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.
17 And there were at my table a hundred and fifty of the Jews and the rulers, besides those that came to us from among the nations that were about us.
18 And that which was prepared daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days all sorts of wine in abundance. Yet for all this I demanded not the bread of the governor; for the service was heavy upon this people.
5:16Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants [were] gathered thither unto the work.
5:16Instead, I devoted myself to the work on this wall. All my men were assembled there for the work; we did not acquire any land.
5:16Moreover I built in the work of the wall, and I bought no land, and all my servants were gathered together to the work.
5:16Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.
5:16Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.
5:16Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither to the work.
5:16Yes, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered there to the work.
5:16And 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;
5:16Yes, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither to the work.