Nehemiah 5:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Nehemiah 5:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Are many - A slight emendation brings this verse into exact parallelism with the next, and gives the sense - “We have pledged our sons and our daughters, that we might get corn, and eat and live....
Nehemiah 5:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, [are] many: therefore we take up (b) corn [for them], that we may eat, and live. (b) This is the complaint of the people, showing the extre...
Nehemiah 5:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Distress among the Jews. Neither this nor the next section, Nehemiah 5:14-19 (the two belong closely together) can be in their right place. Nehemiah 5:1-13 deals with the economic straits to wh...
Nehemiah 5:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the 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. We, our sons, and our daughters, are many - Our families are la...
Nehemiah 5:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole 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. No JFB commentary on these verses.
Nehemiah 5:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah's Measures in alleviation of Poverty 1. The people] i.e. the commons (as contrasted with the nobles and rulers, Nehemiah 5:7 ). These had neglected their own interests to labour gratuito...
Nehemiah 5:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

We take up. — Let us receive. This is a general appeal for the governor’s help.
Nehemiah 5:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

USURY Nehemiah 5:1-19 WE open the fifth chapter of Nehemiah with a shock of pain. The previous chapter described a scene of patriotic devotion in which nearly all the people were united for the...
Nehemiah 5:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Securing Justice for the Poor Nehemiah 5:1-19 The prospects of the poor people among the returned exiles were deplorable. There had been deficient rains and poor harvests, Haggai 1:6-11 . They...
Nehemiah 5:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

A new difficulty now presented itself. This time it arose among the people themselves. The rich among them exacted usury from their poorer brethren to such an extent as to oppress and impoverish them...
Nehemiah 5:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) В¶ And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. (2) For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn f...
Nehemiah 5:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For there were that said, we, our sons, and our daughters, are many ,.... Not that they complained of the number of their children, for a numerous offspring was always reckoned a blessing with the J...
Nehemiah 5:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 2. We, our sons, and our daughters are many ] That is a...
Nehemiah 5:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

We, our sons, and our daughters, are many Which indeed is in itself a blessing, but to us is turned into a curse. The families that were most necessitous were most numerous. Those who have great fa...
Nehemiah 5:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE GREED OF RULERS REBUKED (vv. 1-13) At a time when many were laboring unselfishly for the Lord, it is distressing to hear that others, and in fact those who were nobles and rulers, were guilt...
Nehemiah 5:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Complaints of the Poor. B. C. 445. 1 And there was a great cry of the people and of...
Nehemiah 5:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

We, our sons, and our daughters, are many; which is in itself a blessing, but to us is turned into a curse. We take up corn for them, i.e. we are forced by our and their necessities to take up co...
Nehemiah 5:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Problems Facing The Poorer People ( Nehemiah 5:1-5 ). The three examples that follow are representative of a whole range of problems rather than being specific, but underlying them are the pro...
Nehemiah 5:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

EXPLANATORY NOTES.] Nehemiah 5:1 . Against their brethren ] i. e. the richer portion ( Nehemiah 5:7 ). Nehemiah 5:2-4 . There were that said ] Keil divides into three classes. ( a ) The wor...
Nehemiah 5:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 5:3 . Because of the dearth, specially inflicted by reason of the people's wickedness, after their return from Babylon. See more on Haggai 1:9 . Nehemiah 5:5 . We bring into bondage o...
Nehemiah 5:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

And there was a great cry of the people. The friend of the poor I. The complaint of the poor. It is sometimes alleged the poor have a morbid disposition to complain of their indigence and suffe...
Nehemiah 5:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION INTERNAL DIFFICULTIES , AND NEHEMIAH 'S MODE OF MEETING THEM ( Nehemiah 5:1-16 ). While the building of the wall was in progress, but not, so far as it is stated, in dir...
Nehemiah 5:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Complaint of the People Adjusted by Nehemiah
Nehemiah 5:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 41:57 ; Genesis 42:2 ; Genesis 43:8 ; Malachi 2:2 ; Psalms 127:3-5 ; Psalms 128:2-4
Nehemiah 5:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Many — Which is in itself a blessing, but to us is turned into a curse. Take up — We are forced to take up corn, upon unreasonable terms.

Nehemiah 5:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Nehemiah 5:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Nehemiah 5:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 5:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Nehemiah 5:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Nehemiah 5:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 5:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Nehemiah 5:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Nehemiah 5:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Nehemiah 5:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Nehemiah 5:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Nehemiah 5:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Nehemiah 5:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Nehemiah 5:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 5:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 5:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Nehemiah 5:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Nehemiah 5:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 5:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Nehemiah 5:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 5:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Nehemiah 5:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Nehemiah 5:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Nehemiah 5:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Nehemiah 5:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes