King James Version (KJV)
Nehemiah 5:1
“And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.”
Verse in context — Nehemiah 5
1
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 [for them], that we may eat, and live.
3
[Some] also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.
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