Nehemiah 5:2 Parallel: 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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Modern Translations

New International Version
Some were saying, "We and our sons and daughters are numerous; in order for us to eat and stay alive, we must get grain."

New Living Translation
They were saying, “We have such large families. We need more food to survive.”

English Standard Version
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.”

Berean Study Bible
Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous. We must get grain in order to eat and stay alive.”

New American Standard Bible
For there were those who said, “We, our sons, and our daughters are many; therefore let’s get grain so that we may eat and live.”

NASB 1995
For there were those who said, "We, our sons and our daughters are many; therefore let us get grain that we may eat and live."

NASB 1977
For there were those who said, “We, our sons and our daughters, are many; therefore let us get grain that we may eat and live.”

Amplified Bible
For there were some who were saying, “We, along with our sons and our daughters, are many; therefore allow us to get grain, so that we may eat and survive.”

Christian Standard Bible
Some were saying, “We, our sons, and our daughters are numerous. Let us get grain so that we can eat and live.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Some were saying, "We, our sons, and our daughters are numerous. Let us get grain so that we can eat and live."

Contemporary English Version
and said, "We have large families, and it takes a lot of grain merely to keep us alive."

Good News Translation
Some said, "We have large families, we need grain to keep us alive."

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Some of them said, "We have large families! We need some grain [if we are going] to eat and stay alive."

International Standard Version
because certain of them kept claiming, "Since we have so many sons and daughters, we must get some grain so we can eat and survive."

NET Bible
There were those who said, "With our sons and daughters, we are many. We must obtain grain in order to eat and stay alive."

Classic Translations

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
For there were those who said, “We, our sons, and our daughters are many; therefore let us get grain, that we may eat and live.”

King James 2000 Bible
For there were those that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore let us get grain for them, that we may eat, and live.

New Heart English Bible
For there were that said, "We, our sons and our daughters, are many. Let us get grain, that we may eat and live."

World English Bible
For there were that said, "We, our sons and our daughters, are many. Let us get grain, that we may eat and live."

American King James Version
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.

American Standard Version
For there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many: let us get grain, that we may eat and live.

A Faithful Version
For certain ones said, "We, our sons and our daughters, are many. Let us get grain for them, so that we may eat and live."

Darby Bible Translation
And there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many, and we must procure corn that we may eat and live.

English Revised Version
For there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many: let us get corn, that we may eat and live.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

Early Modern

Geneva Bible of 1587
For there were that said, We, our sonnes & our daughters are many, therefore we take vp corne, that we may eate and liue.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
For there were some that saide, Our sonnes and daughters and we are very many: therefore wyll we take corne for them, that we may eate and liue.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
And there were some yt sayde: oure sonnes and doughters are to many, let vs take corne for the, & eate, that we maye lyue.

Literal Translations

Literal Standard Version
indeed, there are [those] who are saying, “Our sons, and our daughters, we—are many, and we receive grain, and eat, and live.”

Young's Literal Translation
yea, there are who are saying, 'Our sons, and our daughters, we -- are many, and we receive corn, and eat, and live.'

Smith's Literal Translation
And there is which saying, Our sons and our daughters, we being many: and we will take grain and we will eat and live.

Catholic Translations

Douay-Rheims Bible
And there were some that said: Our sons and our daughters are very many: Yet us take up corn for the price of them, and let us eat and live.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And there were those who were saying: “Our sons and our daughters are very many. Let us receive grain as a price for them, and then we may eat and live.”

Translations from Aramaic

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And there were those who said: “Our sons and our daughters and our brothers are many. We shall take grain and we shall eat and we will live!”

Lamsa Bible
For there were those who said, Our sons and our daughters and our brothers are many; therefore let us purchase grain that we may eat and live.

OT Translations

JPS Tanakh 1917
For there were that said: 'We, our sons and our daughters, are many; let us get for them corn, that we may eat and live.'

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And some said, We are numerous with our sons and our daughters; so we will take corn, and eat, and live.