Nehemiah 5:18
“Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Nehemiah 5:18 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
Now that which was prepared for one day was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this I demanded not the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Und was für einen Tag zubereitet wurde: ein Rind, sechs ausgewählte Schafe und Geflügel wurden mir zubereitet; und alle zehn Tage an allerlei Wein die Fülle; und trotzdem forderte ich nicht die Speise des Landpflegers, denn der Dienst lastete schwer auf diesem Volke.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Y lo que se aderezaba para cada día era un buey, seis ovejas escogidas, y aves también se aparejaban para mí, y cada diez días vino en toda abundancia: y con todo esto nunca requerí el pan del gobernador, porque la servidumbre de este pueblo era grave.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
E o que se preparava para cada dia era um boi, e seis ovelhas escolhidas; também preparavam aves para mim, e cada dez dias todas as variedades de muito vinho; e nem por isso exigi o pão do governador, porque a servidão deste povo era grave.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Ora, o que era preparado a cada dia era um boi, seis ovelhas escolhidas e também aves e, a cada dez dias, todos os tipos de vinho em abundância. E, mesmo assim, para tudo isso, eu não exigi o alimento permitido do governador, porque as exigências eram muito pesadas sobre o povo.
📖 Nehemiah 5:18 in Context
16Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.
17Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that are about us.
18Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.
19Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people.
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