36Behold, we are servants this day, and the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are bondmen in it.


In Context

33 But thou art just in all that is come upon us; for thou hast acted according to truth, and we have done wickedly.

34 And our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers, have not performed thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them.

35 And they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land that thou didst set before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.

36 Behold, we are servants this day, and the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are bondmen in it.

37 And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: and they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure; and we are in great distress.

38 And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, and our priests are at the sealing.

Nehemiah 9:36 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:36Behold, we [are] servants this day, and [for] the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we [are] servants in it:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:36"But see, we are slaves today, slaves in the land you gave our forefathers so they could eat its fruit and the other good things it produces.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:36Behold we ourselves this day are bondmen: and the land, which thou gavest our fathers, to eat the bread thereof, and the good things thereof, and we ourselves are servants in it.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:36Behold, we are servants this day, and as for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:36Behold, we are servants this day, and as for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:36Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest to our fathers to eat the fruit of it and the good of it, behold, we are servants in it:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:36|Behold, we are servants this day, and as for the land that you gave to our fathers to eat its fruit and its good, behold, we are servants in it.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:36Lo, we — to-day — are servants, and the land that Thou hast given to our fathers, to eat its fruit and its good — lo, we are servants on it,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:36Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that you gave to our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it: