Nehemiah 5:10

servants. young men.

leave off. Hebrew. Homonym, 'azab. Here means to leave off. See note on Nehemiah 3:8.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I ... might exact - Nehemiah had lent, but not upon pledge.
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. Nehe...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.
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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...
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Might exact] RV 'do lend.. on usury.' Nehemiah, to conciliate those whom he wished to persuade, admitted that he (probably in the persons of his re...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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The Biblical Illustrator

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Let us leave off this usury. Wise rebuke He did not stand on a pedestal and look down on them with scorn and contempt; he rather placed himself...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

I likewise, and my brethren and my servants, might exact of them money and corn, rather, "And also I, that is, my brethren and my servants, exact of...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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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.

Related Commentaries of Nehemiah 5:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Nehemiah 5:10