Nehemiah 5:16
“Yea also I continued in the worke of this wall, neither bought wee any land: and all my seruants were gathered thither vnto the worke.”
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Nehemiah 5:16 Context
14¶ Moreouer, from the time that I was appointed to be their gouernor in the land of Iudah, from the twentieth yeere euen vnto the two and thirtieth yere of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelue yeres, I and my brethren, haue not eaten the bread of the gouernour: 15But the former gouernours that had bene before me, were chargeable vnto the people, and had taken of them bread, and wine, beside fourtie shekels of siluer, yea euen their seruants bare rule ouer the people: but so did not I, because of the feare of God. 16Yea also I continued in the worke of this wall, neither bought wee any land: and all my seruants were gathered thither vnto the worke. 17Moreouer, there were at my table, an hundred and fiftie of the Iewes and rulers, besides those that came vnto vs from among the heathen that are about vs. 18Now that which was prepared for me daily, was one oxe, and sixe choice sheepe; also foules were prepared for mee, and once in ten dayes, store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the gouernour, because the bondage was heauy vpon this people.
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Other Translations for Nehemiah 5:16
Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants [were] gathered thither unto the work.
- King James Version
I also applied myself to the work on this wall; we did not buy any land, and all my servants were gathered there for the work.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And I kept on with the work of this wall, and we got no land for ourselves: and all my servants were helping with the work.
- Basic English Bible
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.
- Darby Bible
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.
- Webster's Bible
Yes, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered there to the work.
- World English Bible
And 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;
- Youngs Literal Bible
Yea, also I set hand to the work of this wall, neither bought we any land; and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Nehemiah 5:16
5:16 I continued - Overseeing, directing, and encouraging the workmen, which was my whole business; and this at my own cost. Bought - Of our poor brethren, whose necessities gave abundant opportunity of enriching myself with good bargains.