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.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsFor there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many: let us get grain, that we may eat and live.
Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous. We must get grain in order to eat and stay alive.”
yea, there are who are saying, `Our sons, and our daughters, we--are many, and we receive corn, and eat, and live.'
And there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many, and we must procure corn that we may eat and live.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentNehemiah — The walls rebuilt in fifty-two days; the covenant renewed; the reforms enacted and then re-enacted when Nehemiah returns to find them slipping. A book about civic and spiritual reconstruction side by side.
- Author
- Nehemiah (chs. 1–7, 11–13 largely first-person memoir); Ezra-material probably compiled alongside
- Date
- Events 445–432 BC; final compilation late-5th century BC