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Nehemiah Chapter 5 verse 2 Holy Bible

ASV Nehemiah 5:2

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

For there were some who said, We, our sons and our daughters, are a great number: let us get grain, so that we may have food for our needs.
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DARBY Nehemiah 5:2

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

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.
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WBT Nehemiah 5:2

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.
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WEB Nehemiah 5:2

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

yea, there are who are saying, `Our sons, and our daughters, we -- are many, and we receive corn, and eat, and live.'
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 2. - There were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many. Those who had large families were foremost in making complaint. They found their numerous progeny not the blessing that abundant offspring is ordinarily reckoned in Holy Scripture, but a burthen and an anxiety. Therefore we take up corn for them. We are obliged to get corn for them, or they would die, and have to run in debt for it. Corn, wine, and oil seem to have been lent, no less than money (ver. 11).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(2) We take up.--Let us receive. This is a general appeal for the governor's help.