Nehemiah 5:2

2 Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous; in order for us to eat and stay alive, we must get grain.”

Nehemiah 5:2 in Other Translations

KJV
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.
ESV
2 For there were those who said, "With our sons and our daughters, we are many. So let us get grain, that we may eat and keep alive."
NLT
2 They were saying, “We have such large families. We need more food to survive.”
MSG
2 Some said, "We have big families, and we need food just to survive."
CSB
2 Some were saying, "We, our sons, and our daughters are numerous. Let us get grain so that we can eat and live."

Nehemiah 5:2 In-Context

1 Now the men and their wives raised a great outcry against their fellow Jews.
2 Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous; in order for us to eat and stay alive, we must get grain.”
3 Others were saying, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards and our homes to get grain during the famine.”
4 Still others were saying, “We have had to borrow money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.
5 Although we are of the same flesh and blood as our fellow Jews and though our children are as good as theirs, yet we have to subject our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters have already been enslaved, but we are powerless, because our fields and our vineyards belong to others.”
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