Nehemiah 5:1

And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.

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Arno Geneva Study Bible

And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives (a) against their brethren the Jews. (a) Against the rich who oppressed them.
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

a great cry. So there were troubles within as well as without. Compare 2 Corinthians 7:5 . the people . the common people, in contrast with the...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. There was a great cry of the people ... against t...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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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...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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A new difficulty now presented itself. This time it arose among the people themselves. The rich among them exacted usury from their poorer brethren t...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS In this Chapter we are led to behold Nehemiah reforming certain abuses which had crept in among the people. He sets a noble example of libe...
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 ou...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And there was a great cry of the people, and of their wives ,.... Those of the poorer sort: against their brethren the Jews ; the rich that oppres...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. Ver. 1. And there was a great cry ] Such as seditious...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

There was a great cry of the people , &c. Of the poor against their rich brethren, who had oppressed them; for though the people in general were...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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One Unforeseen Consequence Of The Concentration On The Building Of The Wall Proves Nehemiah's Worth ( Nehemiah 5:1-13 ). Nehemiah is now revealed,...
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 sai...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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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 di...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives, namely, the poorer ones in the nation, against their brethren, the Jews, the richer mem...
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The Complaint of the People Adjusted by Nehemiah
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

Related Commentaries of Nehemiah 5:1

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole 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

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 Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Nehemiah 5:1