2Some were saying, "We and our sons and daughters are numerous; in order for us to eat and stay alive, we must get grain."


In Context

1 Now the men and their wives raised a great outcry against their Jewish brothers.

2 Some were saying, "We and our sons and daughters are numerous; in order for us to eat and stay alive, we must get grain."

3 Others were saying, "We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards and our homes to get grain during the famine."

4 Still others were saying, "We have had to borrow money to pay the king's tax on our fields and vineyards.

Nehemiah 5:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:2For 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:2And there were some that said: Our sons and our daughters are very many: Yet us take up corn for the price of them, and let us eat and live.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:2For there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many: let us get grain, that we may eat and live.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:2And there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many, and we must procure corn that we may eat and live.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:2For there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many: let us get corn, that we may eat and live.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:2For 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:2For there were that said, |We, our sons and our daughters, are many. Let us get grain, that we may eat and live.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:2yea, there are who are saying, 'Our sons, and our daughters, we — are many, and we receive corn, and eat, and live.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:2For 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.