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Nehemiah 5:9 KJV
Nehemiah · chapter 5 · verse 9
Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?Nehemiah 5:9 · King James Version
Nehemiah 5:9 in context
7Then 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.
8And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.
9Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?
10I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.
11Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- reproachcherpâhcontumely, disgrace, the pudendaH2781 →
- heathengôwya foreign nationH1471 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- goodṭôwbgood in the widest senseH2896 →
- walkyâlakto walkH3212 →
- fearyirʼâhfearH3374 →
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It should seem the foregoing complaint was made to Nehemiah at the time when he had his head and hands as full as possible of the public business about building the wall; yet, perceiving it to be just, he did not reject it because it was unseasonable;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-13