American Standard Version - King James Version

 5:1 ¶ Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.

 5:1 ¶ And there was° a great° cry° of the people° and of their wives° against° their brethren° the Jews.°

 5:2 For there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many: let us get grain, that we may eat and live.

 5:2 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.°°

 5:3 Some also there were that said, We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses: let us get grain, because of the dearth.

 5:3 [Some] also there were° that° said,°° We° have mortgaged°° our lands,° vineyards,° and houses,° that we might buy°° corn,° because of the dearth.°

 5:4 There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute [upon] our fields and our vineyards.

 5:4 There were° also that° said,°° We have borrowed°° money° for the king's° tribute,° [and that upon] our lands° and vineyards.°

 5:5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage [already]: neither is it in our power to help it; for other men have our fields and our vineyards.

 5:5 Yet now° our flesh° [is] as the flesh° of our brethren,° our children° as their children:° and, lo,° we° bring into bondage°°° our sons° and our daughters° to be servants,° and [some] of our daughters°° are° brought unto bondage°° [already]: neither° [is it] in our power°° [to redeem them]; for other° men° have our lands° and vineyards.°

 5:6 ¶ And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.

 5:6 ¶ And I was very° angry°° when° I heard°°° their cry° and these° words.°

 5:7 Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I held a great assembly against them.

 5:7 Then I consulted°° with° myself,° and I rebuked°°° the nobles,° and the rulers,° and said°° unto them, Ye° exact°°°°°°° usury,° every one° of his brother.° And I set°° a great° assembly° against° them.

 5:8 And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, that were sold unto the nations; and would ye even sell your brethren, and should they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found never a word.

 5:8 And I said°° unto them, We° after our ability° have redeemed°°° our brethren° the Jews,° which were sold°° unto the heathen;° and will ye° even° sell°°° your brethren?° or shall they be sold°° unto us? Then held they their peace,°° and found°° nothing°° [to answer].

 5:9 Also I said, The thing that ye do is not good: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?

 5:9 Also I said,°° It [is] not° good°° that°° ye° do:°° ought ye not° to walk°°° in the fear° of our God° because of the reproach°° of the heathen° our enemies?°°

 5:10 And I likewise, my brethren and my servants, do lend them money and grain. I pray you, let us leave off this usury.

 5:10 I° likewise,° [and] my brethren,° and my servants,° might exact°° of them money° and corn:° I pray° you, let us leave off°°° this° usury.°

 5:11 Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their fields, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.

 5:11 Restore,°° I pray° you, to them, even this day,° their lands,° their vineyards,° their oliveyards,° and their houses,° also the hundredth° [part] of the money,° and of the corn,° the wine,° and the oil,° that° ye° exact°° of them.

 5:12 Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do, even as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they would do according to this promise.

 5:12 Then said°° they, We will restore°° [them], and will require°° nothing° of° them; so° will we do°° as° thou° sayest.°° Then I called°°° the priests,° and took an oath°° of them, that they should do°° according to this° promise.°

 5:13 Also I shook out my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labor, that performeth not this promise; even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the assembly said, Amen, and praised Jehovah. And the people did according to this promise.

 5:13 Also° I shook°° my lap,° and said,°° So° God° shake out°°° every° man° from his house,°° and from his labour,°° that° performeth°° not°° this° promise,° even thus° be° he shaken out,°° and emptied.° And all° the congregation° said,°° Amen,° and praised°°° the LORD.° And the people° did°° according to this° promise.°

 5:14 ¶ Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, [that is], twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.

 5:14 ¶ Moreover° from the time°° that° I was appointed°° to be° their governor° in the land° of Judah,° from the twentieth° year°° even unto° the two° and thirtieth° year° of Artaxerxes° the king,° [that is], twelve°° years,° I° and my brethren° have not° eaten°° the bread° of the governor.°

 5:15 But the former governors that were before me were chargeable unto the people, and took of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.

 5:15 But the former° governors° that° [had been] before° me were chargeable°° unto° the people,° and had taken°° of° them bread° and wine,° beside° forty° shekels° of silver;° yea,° even° their servants° bare rule°° over° the people:° but so° did°° not° I,° because°° of the fear° of God.°

 5:16 Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.

 5:16 Yea, also° I continued°° in the work° of this° wall,° neither° bought°° we any land:° and all° my servants° [were] gathered°° thither° unto° the work.°

 5:17 Moreover there were at my table, of the Jews and the rulers, a hundred and fifty men, besides those that came unto us from among the nations that were round about us.

 5:17 Moreover [there were] at° my table° an hundred° and fifty°° of the Jews° and rulers,° beside those that came°° unto° us from among° the heathen° that° [are] about° us.°

 5:18 Now that which was prepared for one day was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this I demanded not the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.

 5:18 Now [that] which° was° prepared°° [for me] daily°° [was] one° ox° [and] six° choice°° sheep;° also fowls° were prepared°° for me, and once° in ten° days° store°° of all° sorts of wine:° yet for all° this° required°° not° I the bread° of the governor,° because° the bondage° was heavy°° upon° this° people.°

 5:19 Remember unto me, O my God, for good, all that I have done for this people.

 5:19 Think°° upon me, my God,° for good,° [according] to all° that° I have done°° for° this° people.°