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Nehemiah Defends the Oppressed

Nehemiah 5:6

In 11 translations

BSB
When I heard their outcry and these complaints, I became extremely angry,
KJV
¶ And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
WEB
I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
ASV
And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
LSV
And it is very displeasing to me when I have heard their cry and these words,
YLT
And it is very displeasing to me when I have heard their cry and these words,
DBY
And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
DRC
And I was exceedingly angry when I heard their cry according to these words.
GNV
Then was I very angrie when I heard their crie and these wordes.
JPS
And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
LXXE
And I was much grieved as I heard their cry and these words.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּ֥חַר לִ֖י מְאֹ֑ד כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר שָׁמַ֨עְתִּי֙ אֶת־זַֽעֲקָתָ֔ם וְאֵ֖ת הַדְּבָרִ֥ים הָאֵֽלֶּה׃
LXX-Br15:6
Καὶ ἐλυπήθην σφόδρα καθὼς ἤκουσα τὴν κραυγὴν αὐτῶν καὶ τοὺς λόγους τούτους.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Nehemiah 13:25I rebuked them and called down curses on them. I beat some of these men and pulled out their hair. Then I made them take an oath before God and said, “You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take…
  • Exodus 11:8And all these officials of yours will come and bow before me, saying, ‘Go, you and all the people who follow you!’ After that, I will depart.” And hot with anger, Moses left Pharaoh’s presence.
  • Ephesians 4:26“Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger,
  • Numbers 16:15Then Moses became very angry and said to the LORD, “Do not regard their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them or mistreated a single one of them.”
  • Nehemiah 13:8And I was greatly displeased and threw all of Tobiah’s household goods out of the room.
  • Mark 3:5Jesus looked around at them with anger and sorrow at their hardness of heart. Then He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and it was restored.

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