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Selected Verse: Nehemiah 5:2 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ne 5:2 |
King James |
For 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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Are many - A slight emendation brings this verse into exact parallelism with the next, and gives the sense - "We have pledged our sons and our daughters, that we might get corn, and eat and live." Compare Neh 5:5. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Many - Which is in itself a blessing, but to us is turned into a curse. Take up - We are forced to take up corn, upon unreasonable terms. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| We, our sons, and our daughters, are many - Our families are larger than we can provide for; we are obliged to go in debt; and our richer brethren take advantage of our necessitous situation, and oppress us. The details which are given in the next verse are sufficiently plain. |
5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.