Nehemiah 5:1
And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
Nehemiah 5:1 in other translations
| BSB | About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews. |
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| WEB | Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the Jews. |
| ASV | Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. |
| YLT | And there is a great cry of the people and their wives, concerning their brethren the Jews, |
| DARBY | And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. |
| BBE | Then there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their countrymen the Jews. |
| Webster | And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. |
What does Nehemiah 5:1 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nehemiah 5:1-5
Ne 5:1-5. The People Complain of Their Debt, Mortgage, and Bondage.
1-5. there was a great cry of the people ... against their brethren--Such a crisis in the condition of the Jews in Jerusalem--fatigued with hard labor and harassed by the machinations of restless enemies, the majority of them poor, and the bright visions which hope had painted of pure happiness on their return to the land of their fathers being unrealized--must have been very trying to their faith and patience. But, in addition to these vexatious oppressions, many began to sink under a new and more grievous evil. The poor made loud complaints against the rich for taking advantage of their necessities, and grinding them by usurious exactions. Many of them had, in consequence of these oppressions, been driven to such extremities that they had to mortgage their lands and houses to enable them to pay the taxes to the Persian government, and ultimately even to sell their children for slaves to procure the means of subsistence. The condition of the poorer inhabitants was indeed deplorable; for, besides the deficient harvests caused by the great rains (Ezr 10:9; also Hag 1:6-11), a dearth was now threatened by the enemy keeping such a multitude pent up in the city, and preventing the country people bringing in provisions.Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Introduction
The people complain that they are oppressed and enthralled by their richer brethren, Neh 5:1-3. Nehemiah calls them to account; upbraids them for their cruelty; and obliges them to swear that they will forgive the debts, restore the mortgaged estates, and free their servants, Neh 5:4-13. Nehemiah's generosity and liberality, Neh 5:14-17. The daily provision for his table, Neh 5:18, Neh 5:19.Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Nehemiah 5:1-5
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Nehemiah 5:1 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Nehemiah 5:1
- Isaiah 5:7
For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
- Deuteronomy 15:7-11
If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother: But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth. Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the Lord against thee, and it be sin unto thee. Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto. …
- Leviticus 25:35-37
And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee. Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee. Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.
- Job 34:28
So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
- Job 31:38-39
If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain; If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
- Acts 7:26
And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?
- Exodus 3:7
And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
- James 5:4
Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
- 1 Corinthians 6:6-8
But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers. Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded? Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.
- Exodus 22:25-27
If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury. If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down: For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
- Luke 18:7
And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
6 Nehemiah rebukes the usurers, and causes them to make a covenant of restitution.
14 He forbears his own allowance, and keeps hospitality.
a great cry.
Ex 3:7; 22:25-27; Job 31:38,39; 34:28; Isa 5:7; Lu 18:7; Jas 5:4
their brethren.
Le 25:35-37; De 15:7-11; Ac 7:26; 1Co 6:6-8
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Context
- Nehemiah 5:1
And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
- 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.
Nehemiah 5:1 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ENTONCES fué grande el clamor del pueblo y de sus mujeres contra los Judíos sus hermanos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il y eut un grand cri du peuple et de leurs femmes contre les Juifs, leurs frères. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und es entstand ein großes Geschrei des Volkes und ihrer Weiber gegen ihre Brüder, die Juden. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et factus est clamor populi et uxorum ejus magnus adversus fratres suos Judæos. |