Nehemiah 5:2 — compare English translations
Compare translationsNehemiah 5:2 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וְיֵשׁ֙
yêsh
H3426
there is
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
אֹמְרִ֔ים
ʼâmar
H559
to say
בָּנֵ֥ינוּ
bên
H1121
son
וּבְנֹתֵ֖ינוּ
bath
H1323
daughter
אֲנַ֣חְנוּ
ʼănachnûw
H587
we
רַבִּ֑ים
rab
H7227
many
וְנִקְחָ֥ה
lâqach
H3947
to take
דָגָ֖ן
dâgân
H1715
wheat
וְנֹאכְלָ֥ה
ʼâkal
H398
to eat
וְנִחְיֶֽה
châyâh
H2421
to live
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World English Bible Public Domain
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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King James Version Public Domain
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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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And there were those who said, “Our sons and our daughters, we are many. And let us take grain, so we can eat, and we can live.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).