Nehemiah 5:2 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And there were some that said: Our sons and our daughters are very many. Let us take up corn for the price of them; and let us eat and live.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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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Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For some said, We, our sons and daughters, are many; therefore allow us to take grain, that we may eat and live! If we are not given grain, let us take it!

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Common English Bible

Some said, “With our sons and daughters we are many, and we all need grain to eat and stay alive.”

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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."

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