The Meaning of Nehemiah 5:16 Explained

Nehemiah 5:16

KJV: Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.

YLT: And also, in the work of this wall I have done mightily, even a field we have not bought, and all my servants are gathered there for the work;

Darby: Yea, also I applied myself to this work of the wall, and we bought no fields; and all my servants were gathered thither for the work.

ASV: Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Nehemiah 5:16?

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What is the context of Nehemiah 5:16?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants [were] gathered thither unto the work.

What does Nehemiah 5:16 Mean?

Context Summary

Nehemiah 5:1-19 - Securing Justice For The Poor

The prospects of the poor people among the returned exiles were deplorable. There had been deficient rains and poor harvests, Haggai 1:6-11. They had mortgaged their lands to their richer brethren, and had even sold their children to pay the royal taxes and procure means of subsistence. The rich had taken advantage of their necessities, oppressing them with grievous exactions and heavy usury. When Nehemiah heard of it, he seems to have withstood the wrong with strenuous protest, depending on his God for support. And, in a great assembly, he carried the day against selfishness and greed. There is nothing here to condemn mortgage, or interest in themselves. Each is a legitimate method of trade, except when undue advantage is taken of a brother's necessities. The Nehemiah 5:14-19 were evidently added at a subsequent period to the rest of the chapter, and relate the habits of Nehemiah's administration. How full is this book of ejaculatory prayer! Even from his writing-table, this true-hearted man would lift up his eyes to God. [source]

Chapter Summary: Nehemiah 5

¹ The Jews complain of their debt, mortgage, and bondage
⁶ Nehemiah rebukes the usurers, and causes them to make a covenant of restitution
¹⁴ He forbears his own allowance, and keeps hospitality

What do the individual words in Nehemiah 5:16 mean?

And indeed also on the work wall this I continued and any land not we did buy and all my servants [were] gathered there for the work

וְ֠גַם בִּמְלֶ֜אכֶת הַחוֹמָ֤ה הַזֹּאת֙ הֶחֱזַ֔קְתִּי וְשָׂדֶ֖ה לֹ֣א קָנִ֑ינוּ וְכָל־ נְעָרַ֔י קְבוּצִ֥ים שָׁ֖ם עַל־ הַמְּלָאכָֽה

וְ֠גַם	And indeed also
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Conjunction Root: גַּם Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea.
בִּמְלֶ֜אכֶת	on the work
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct Root: מְלָאכָה Sense: occupation, work, business.
הַחוֹמָ֤ה	wall
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: חֹומָה Sense: wall.
הַזֹּאת֙	this
Parse: Article, Pronoun, feminine singular Root: זׄאת Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, such.
הֶחֱזַ֔קְתִּי	I continued
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, first person common singular Root: חָזַק Sense: to strengthen, prevail, harden, be strong, become strong, be courageous, be firm, grow firm, be resolute, be sore.
וְשָׂדֶ֖ה	and any land
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular Root: שָׂדֶה Sense: field, land.
קָנִ֑ינוּ	we did buy
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common plural Root: קָנָה Sense: to get, acquire, create, buy, possess.
וְכָל־	and all
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: כֹּל Sense: all, the whole.
נְעָרַ֔י	my servants
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, first person common singular Root: נַעַר Sense: a boy, lad, servant, youth, retainer.
קְבוּצִ֥ים	[were] gathered
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine plural Root: קָבַץ Sense: to gather, assemble.
הַמְּלָאכָֽה	the work
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: מְלָאכָה Sense: occupation, work, business.

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