NEH 5:2 Parallel Verse View

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BrTr And some said, We are numerous with our sons and our daughters; so we will take corn, and eat, and live.

ULT And there were those who said, “Our sons and our daughters, we are many. And let us take grain, so we can eat, and we can live.”

UST Some of them began, “We have many children. We need to get a lot of food to feed them all.”

BSB § Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous. We must get grain in order to eat and stay alive.”

OEB For there were those who were saying, ’We must give our sons and our daughters in pledge to secure grain that we may eat and live.’

WEBBE For there were some who said, “We, our sons and our daughters, are many. Let us get grain, that we may eat and live.”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET There were those who said, “With our sons and daughters, we are many. We must obtain grain in order to eat and stay alive.”

LSV indeed, there are [those] who are saying, “Our sons, and our daughters, we—are many, and we receive grain, and eat, and live.”

FBV They were complaining, “Our families are so large we need more food[fn] so we can eat and live.”

5:2 “Food”: literally, “grain.”

T4T Some/One of them said, “We have many children. So we need a lot of grain to be able to eat and continue to live.”

LEB There were those who were saying, “Our sons and daughters, we are many. We must get grain so that we may eat and live.”

BBE For there were some who said, We, our sons and our daughters, are a great number: let us get grain, so that we may have food for our needs.

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JPS For there were that said: 'We, our sons and our daughters, are many; let us get for them corn, that we may eat and live.'

ASV For there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many: let us get grain, that we may eat and live.

DRA And there were some that said: Our sons and our daughters are very many: Yet us take up corn for the price of them, and let us eat and live.

YLT yea, there are who are saying, 'Our sons, and our daughters, we — are many, and we receive corn, and eat, and live.'

Drby And there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many, and we must procure corn that we may eat and live.

RV For there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many: let us get corn, that we may eat and live.

Wbstr 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.

KJB-1769 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.

KJB-1611 For there were that said, We, our sonnes, and our daughters are many: therefore wee take vp corne for them, that we may eat, and liue.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps For there were some that saide, Our sonnes and daughters and we are very many: therefore wyll we take corne for them, that we may eate and liue.
(For there were some that said, Our sons and daughters and we are very many: therefore will we take corn for them, that we may eat and live.)

Gnva For there were that said, We, our sonnes and our daughters are many, therefore we take vp corne, that we may eate and liue.
(For there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters are many, therefore we take up corn, that we may eat and live. )

Cvdl And there were some yt sayde: oure sonnes and doughters are to many, let vs take corne for the, & eate, that we maye lyue.
(And there were some it said: our sons and daughters are to many, let us take corn for them, and eat, that we may live.)

Wycl And there weren that seiden, Oure sones and oure douytris ben ful manye; take we wheete for the prijs of hem, and ete we, and lyue.
(And there were that said, Oure sons and our daughters been full manye; take we wheat for the price of them, and eat we, and live.)

Luth Und waren etliche, die da sprachen: Unserer Söhne und Töchter sind viel; laßt uns Getreide nehmen und essen, daß wir leben.
(And were etliche, the there said: Unserer sons and Töchter are viel; laßt us/to_us/ourselves grain take and eat, that we/us life.)

ClVg Et erant qui dicerent: Filii nostri et filiæ nostræ multæ sunt nimis: accipiamus pro pretio eorum frumentum, et comedamus, et vivamus.
(And they_were who dicerent: Children our and daughters nostræ many are nimis: accipiamus for pretio their frumentum, and comedamus, and vivamus. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

וְ⁠יֵשׁ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֹמְרִ֔ים

and,there_were which/who saying

Verses 2, 3, 4, and 5 do not seem to be different complaints that people brought to Nehemiah separately. Rather, the whole group seems to be complaining that because they need to get food for their families, wealthier and more powerful Jews are exploiting them. They are forcing them to take mortgages and loans and even sell their children into slavery. Nehemiah is probably depicting one speaker after another in the crowd adding details to this picture. You could suggest this to the readers of your translation by introducing these comments with a translation such as, “some of them began to say”

בָּנֵ֥י⁠נוּ וּ⁠בְנֹתֵ֖י⁠נוּ אֲנַ֣חְנוּ רַבִּ֑ים

sons,our and,daughters,our we many

Alternate translation: “We have many children”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

וְ⁠נִקְחָ֥ה דָגָ֖ן

and,get grain

This does not mean only grain. The people complaining to Nehemiah are using one kind of food, grain, the staple of their diet, to refer to all the foods they would need to eat. Alternate translation: “we need food”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וְ⁠נִקְחָ֥ה דָגָ֖ן

and,get grain

The implication is that because the families are large, a lot of food is needed. If it would be helpful in your language, you could say this explicitly. Alternate translation: “we need to get a lot of food”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

וְ⁠נֹאכְלָ֥ה וְ⁠נִחְיֶֽה

and=we_eat and,live

These two short phrases mean similar things. The people use them together to emphasize the urgency and importance of having food. If it would be helpful in your language, you could combine these phrases. Alternate translation: “to get enough food to stay alive”

Parallel NEH 5:2