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Nehemiah 5

Neh. 5:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then μI consulted
malak (Hebrew #4427)
to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
KJV usage: consult, X indeed, be (make, set a, set up) king, be (make) queen, (begin to, make to) reign(-ing), rule, X surely.
Pronounce: maw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root
with myself
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
, and I rebuked
riyb (Hebrew #7378)
a primitive root; properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend
KJV usage: adversary, chide, complain, contend, debate, X ever, X lay wait, plead, rebuke, strive, X thoroughly.
Pronounce: reeb
Origin: or ruwb {roob}
the nobles
chor (Hebrew #2715)
from 2787; properly, white or pure (from the cleansing or shining power of fire (compare 2751); hence (figuratively) noble (in rank)
KJV usage: noble.
Pronounce: khore
Origin: or (fully) chowr {khore}
, and the rulers
cagan (Hebrew #5461)
a prefect of a province
KJV usage: prince, ruler.
Pronounce: saw-gawn'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to superintend
, and said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
unto them, Ye exact
nasa' (Hebrew #5375)
a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows)
KJV usage: accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable (+ man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, X needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, + swear, take (away, up), X utterly, wear, yield.
Pronounce: naw-saw'
Origin: or nacah (Psalm 4 : 6 (7)) {naw-saw'}
nashah (Hebrew #5383)
to lend or (by reciprocity) borrow on security or interest
KJV usage: creditor, exact, extortioner, lend, usurer, lend on (taker on) usury.
Pronounce: naw-shaw'
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 5382, in the sense of 5378)
nasha' (Hebrew #5378)
to lend on interest; by implication, to dun for debt
KJV usage: X debt, exact, giver of usury.
Pronounce: naw-shaw'
Origin: a primitive root (perhaps identical with 5377, through the idea of imposition)
usury
mashsha' (Hebrew #4855)
a loan; by implication, interest on a debt
KJV usage: exaction, usury.
Pronounce: mash-shaw'
Origin: from 5383
x, every one
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
of his brother
'ach (Hebrew #251)
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1))
KJV usage: another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with "Ah-" or "Ahi-".
Pronounce: awkh
Origin: a primitive word
. And I set
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
a great
gadowl (Hebrew #1419)
from 1431; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
KJV usage: + aloud, elder(-est), + exceeding(-ly), + far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, X sore, (X ) very.
Pronounce: gaw-dole'
Origin: or (shortened) gadol {gaw-dole'}
assembly
qhillah (Hebrew #6952)
an assemblage
KJV usage: assembly, congregation.
Pronounce: keh-hil-law'
Origin: from 6950
against them.
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my heart consulted in me.
Psa. 4:4• 4Tremble and sin not;{HR}Commune in your heart upon your bed and be still. Selah. (Psa. 4:4)
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Ex. 22:25• 25—If thou lend money to my people, the poor with thee, thou shalt not be to him as a usurer: ye shall charge him no interest. (Ex. 22:25)
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Psa. 15:1,5• 1A Psalm of David.{HR}O Jehovah, who shall sojourn in thy tent?{HR}Who shall dwell in the hill of thy holiness?
 5His silver he hath not given for usury,{HR}And a bribe against an innocent [person] he hath not taken.{HR}He who doeth these things shall not be moved forever. (Psa. 15:1,5)
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Ezek. 22:12• 12In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast overreached thy neighbours by oppression, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah. (Ezek. 22:12)

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I consulted with myself.
Heb. my heart consulted in me.
Psa. 4:4• 4Tremble and sin not;{HR}Commune in your heart upon your bed and be still. Selah. (Psa. 4:4)
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Psa. 27:8• 8Unto thee my heart said, Seek ye my face:{HR}Thy face, O Jehovah, I seek; (Psa. 27:8)
I rebuked.
Lev. 19:15• 15Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shall not respect the person of the lowly, nor honour the person of the mighty; in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour. (Lev. 19:15)
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2 Chron. 19:6‑7• 6And he said to the judges, Take heed what ye do; for ye judge not for man, but for Jehovah, who will be with you in the matter of judgment.
 7And now, let the terror of Jehovah be upon you; be careful what ye do, for there is no iniquity with Jehovah, nor respect of persons, nor taking of presents. (2 Chron. 19:6‑7)
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Psa. 82:1‑4• 1A psalm of Asaph.{HR}God standeth in the assembly of God ;{HR}He judgeth among the gods .
 2How long will ye judge unjustly{HR}And respect the person of the wicked? Selah.
 3Judge the poor (man) and fatherless;{HR}Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.
 4Rescue the poor and the needy,{HR}Deliver them from the hand of the wicked. (Psa. 82:1‑4)
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Prov. 27:5• 5Open rebuke [is] better than hidden love. (Prov. 27:5)
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2 Cor. 5:16• 16So that we henceforth know no one as to flesh: if we have even known Christ as to flesh, yet now are we no longer knowing [him]; (2 Cor. 5:16)
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Gal. 2:11• 11But when Cephas came unto Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was self-condemned; (Gal. 2:11)
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1 Tim. 5:20• 20Those that sin rebuke before all that the rest also may have fear. (1 Tim. 5:20)
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Titus 2:15• 15These things speak, and exhort, and reprove, with all authority. Let no man despise thee. (Titus 2:15)
Ye exact usury.
Ex. 22:25• 25—If thou lend money to my people, the poor with thee, thou shalt not be to him as a usurer: ye shall charge him no interest. (Ex. 22:25)
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Lev. 25:36• 36Thou shalt take no usury nor increase of him; and thou shalt fear thy God, that thy brother may live beside thee. (Lev. 25:36)
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Deut. 15:2‑3• 2and this is the manner of the release: Every creditor shall relax his hand from the loan which he hath lent unto his neighbour; he shall not demand it of his neighbour, or of his brother; for a release to Jehovah hath been proclaimed.
 3Of the foreigner thou mayest demand it; but what is thine with thy brother thy hand shall release; (Deut. 15:2‑3)
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Deut. 23:19‑20• 19Thou shalt take no interest of thy brother, interest of money, interest of victuals, interest of anything that can be lent upon interest:
 20of a foreigner thou mayest take interest, but of thy brother thou shalt not take interest; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the business of thy hand in the land whither thou goest to possess it. (Deut. 23:19‑20)
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Deut. 24:10‑13• 10When thou dost lend thy brother anything, thou shalt not go into his house to secure his pledge.
 11Thou shalt stand outside, and the man to whom thou hast made a loan shall bring out the pledge to thee without.
 12And if the man be needy, thou shalt not lie down with his pledge;
 13in any case thou shalt return him the pledge at the going down of the sun, that he may sleep in his own upper garment and bless thee; and it shall be righteousness unto thee before Jehovah thy God. (Deut. 24:10‑13)
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Psa. 15:1,5• 1A Psalm of David.{HR}O Jehovah, who shall sojourn in thy tent?{HR}Who shall dwell in the hill of thy holiness?
 5His silver he hath not given for usury,{HR}And a bribe against an innocent [person] he hath not taken.{HR}He who doeth these things shall not be moved forever. (Psa. 15:1,5)
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Ezek. 22:12• 12In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast overreached thy neighbours by oppression, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah. (Ezek. 22:12)
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Ezek. 45:9• 9Thus saith the Lord Jehovah; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord Jehovah. (Ezek. 45:9)
I set a great assembly.
2 Chron. 28:9‑13• 9But a prophet of Jehovah was there, whose name was Oded; and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because Jehovah the God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he gave them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage that reaches up to heaven.
 10And now ye think to subjugate the children of Judah and Jerusalem as your bondmen and bondwomen. Are there not with you, even with you, trespasses against Jehovah your God?
 11And now hear me, and send back the captives again, whom ye have taken captive of your brethren; for the fierce wrath of Jehovah is upon you.
 12And certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Hezekiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against them that came from the war,
 13and said to them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither; because, for our guilt before Jehovah, ye think to increase our sins and our trespasses: for our trespass is great, and fierce wrath is upon Israel. (2 Chron. 28:9‑13)
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Matt. 18:17• 17But if he will not listen to them, tell it to the assembly; and if also he will not listen to the assembly, let him be to thee as one of the nations and a tax-gatherer. (Matt. 18:17)
• The Jew was given explicit direction in the Law as to how the poor were to be treated (Deut. 15). Not only were they to open their hand wide (vss. 7-8) but the seventh year was a year of release; all debts were to be forgiven as a “release to Jehovah”(Deut. 15:2). Under law they were also forbidden to lend with usury. (“Problems Within - Neh. 5:1-13” by N. Simon)
• He consulted with himself (Neh. 5:7). His corrupt brethren were of no help to him in this matter; rather, he was shut up to the Word of God for guidance. (“Problems Within - Neh. 5:1-13” by N. Simon)
• He convicted them of their sin (see Exod. 23:25); and according to the apostolic injunction, he rebuked them before all. (“Exposition on Nehemiah: Nehemiah 5” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And I consulted with myself; and I remonstrated with the nobles and the rulersa, and said to them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother! And I set a great assembly against them.

JND Translation Notes

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As Ezra 9.2.

W. Kelly Translation

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And 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 great assembly against them.

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)