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.


In Context

13 Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labor, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the LORD. 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 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 to the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver; yes, even their servants bore 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 to the work.

17 Moreover, there were at my table a hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, besides those that came to us from among the heathen that were 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 an abundance of all sorts of wine: yet for all this I required not the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.

Nehemiah 5:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:16Yea, 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

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;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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.