Nehemiah 5:6
Good News Translation
When I heard their complaints, I grew angry

New Revised Standard Version
I was very angry when I heard their outcry and these complaints.

Contemporary English Version
When I heard their complaints and their charges, I became very angry.

New American Bible
I was extremely angry when I heard the reasons for their complaint.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I was exceedingly angry when I heard their cry according to these words.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And I was exceedingly angry when I heard their cry according to these words.

Nehemiah 13:8,25 And it seemed to me exceeding evil. And I cast forth the vessels of the house of Tobias out of the storehouse. . . .

Exodus 11:8 And all these thy servants shall come down to me, and shall worship me, saying: Go forth thou, and all the people that is under thee: after that we will go out.

Numbers 16:15 Moses therefore being very angry, said to the Lord: Respect not their sacrifices: thou knowest that I have not taken of them so much as a young ass at any time, nor have injured any of them.

Mark 3:5 And looking round about on them with anger, being grieved for the blindness of their hearts, he saith to the man: Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth: and his hand was restored unto him.

Ephesians 4:26 Be angry: and sin not. Let not the sun go down upon your anger.

Context
Nehemiah Defends the Oppressed
5And now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren: and our children as their children. Behold we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters, and some of our daughters are bondwomen already, neither have we wherewith to redeem them, and our fields and our vineyards other men possess. 6And I was exceedingly angry when I heard their cry according to these words.7And my heart thought with myself: and I rebuked the nobles and magistrates, and said to them: Do you every one exact usury of your brethren? And I gathered together a great assembly against them,…
Cross References
Exodus 11:8
And all these thy servants shall come down to me, and shall worship me, saying: Go forth thou, and all the people that is under thee: after that we will go out.

Nehemiah 5:7
And my heart thought with myself: and I rebuked the nobles and magistrates, and said to them: Do you every one exact usury of your brethren? And I gathered together a great assembly against them,

Nehemiah 5:5
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