Nehemiah 5:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once every ten days an abundance of all sorts of wine. Yet in spite of all this, I did not demand the governor's provisions, because the bondage was heavy on this people.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Each day, one ox, six choice sheep, and some birds were prepared for me, and every ten days an abundance of wine of all kinds. Despite this, I did not demand the food allotted to the governor, because the burden on the people was heavy.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Now that which was prepared for me daily was o ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wi: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Now that which was prepared{H6213} for one day{H3117} was one{H259} ox{H7794} and six{H8337} choice{H1305} sheep;{H6629} also fowls{H6833} were prepared{H6213} for me, and once in ten{H6235} days{H3117} store{H7235} of all sorts of wine:{H3196} yet for all{H5973} this I demanded{H1245} not the bread{H3899} of the governor,{H6346} because the bondage{H5656} was heavy{H3513} upon this people.{H5971}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Now that which was prepared{H6213}{(H8737)} for me daily{H3117} was one{H259} ox{H7794} and six{H8337} choice{H1305}{(H8803)} sheep{H6629}; also fowls{H6833} were prepared{H6213}{(H8738)} for me, and once in ten{H6235} days{H3117} store{H7235}{(H8687)} of all sorts of wine{H3196}: yet for all{H5973} this required{H1245}{(H8765)} not I the bread{H3899} of the governor{H6346}, because the bondage{H5656} was heavy{H3513}{(H8804)} upon this people{H5971}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And there was prepared me daylie an oxe, and sixe chosen shepe, and byrdes, and euer once in ten dayes a greate summe of wyne. Yet requyred not I the lyuynge of a Debyte for ye bondage was greuous vnto ye people.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And there was prepared daily an oxe, and sixe chosen sheepe, and birdes were prepared for me, and within ten dayes wine for all in abundance. Yet for all this I required not the bread of the gouernour: for the bondage was grieuous vnto this people.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And there was prepared for me dayly an oxe and sixe chosen sheepe, and birdes were prepared for me: and euer once in ten dayes wine for all in aboundance: Yet required not I the liuing of a captayne, for the bondage was greeuous vnto the people.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    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 didn't demand the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy on this people.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and that which hath been prepared for one day `is' one ox, six fat sheep, also fowls have been prepared for me, and once in ten days of all wines abundantly, and with this, the bread of the governor I have not sought, for heavy is the service on this people.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Now the food made ready for one day was one ox and six fat sheep, as well as fowls; and once in ten days a store of all sorts of wine: but all the same, I did not take the food to which the ruler had a right, because the people were crushed under a hard yoke.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    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 didn't demand the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy on this people.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Every day one ox, six select sheep, and some birds were prepared for me, and every ten days all kinds of wine in abundance. Despite all this I did not require the food allotted to the governor, for the work was demanding on this people.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 4:22-23 : 22 And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour and sixty measures of meal, 23 Ten fat oxen, twenty oxen from the pastures, and a hundred sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fatted fowl.
  • Neh 5:14-15 : 14 Moreover, from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year to the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, twelve years, neither I nor my brethren have eaten the governor's provisions. 15 But the former governors who were before me laid burdens on the people and took bread and wine from them, besides forty shekels of silver; yes, even their servants ruled over the people. But I did not do so, because of the fear of God.
  • Ps 37:21 : 21 The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous show mercy and give.
  • Ps 37:26 : 26 He is ever merciful, and lends, and his descendants are blessed.

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    14 Moreover, from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year to the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, twelve years, neither I nor my brethren have eaten the governor's provisions.

    15 But the former governors who were before me laid burdens on the people and took bread and wine from them, besides forty shekels of silver; yes, even their servants ruled over the people. But I did not do so, because of the fear of God.

    16 Indeed, I also devoted myself to the work on this wall and did not buy any land. All my servants were gathered there for the work.

    17 Moreover, there were at my table one hundred and fifty Jews and rulers, besides those who came to us from the nations around us.

  • 19 Remember me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people.

  • 5 And the king appointed for them a daily portion of the king's delicacies and of the wine which he drank, so nourishing them three years, that at the end of that time they might serve before the king.

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    8 Moreover I make a decree as to what you shall do for the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that from the king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, expenses be given to these men, so that they are not hindered.

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    29 And changed his prison garments, and he ate bread regularly before him all the days of his life.

    30 And his allowance was a continual allowance given him by the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.

  • Jer 52:33-34
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    33 And changed his prison garments: and he regularly ate bread before him all the days of his life.

    34 And for his diet, there was a regular portion given to him by the king of Babylon, daily a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.

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    1 And it came to pass in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, that wine was before him, and I took the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad in his presence previously.

    2 Therefore the king said to me, Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? This is nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was very much afraid,

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    12 "Please test your servants for ten days, and let them give us vegetables to eat and water to drink.

    13 Then let our appearance be examined before you, and the appearance of the young men who eat the portion of the king's delicacies; and as you see fit, deal with your servants."

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    7 And they gave them drink in vessels of gold (the vessels being different one from another), and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king.

    8 And the drinking was according to the law; no one was compelled, for the king had appointed to all the officials of his house that they should do according to each man's pleasure.

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    15 And at the end of the ten days their features appeared better and healthier in flesh than all the young men who ate the portion of the king's delicacies.

    16 Thus the steward took away their portion of delicacies and the wine that they were to drink, and gave them vegetables.

  • 10 On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven eunuchs who served in the presence of King Ahasuerus,

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    10 And the food which you shall eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day; from time to time you shall eat it.

    11 You shall drink water by measure, the sixth part of a hin; from time to time you shall drink.

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    4 When he showed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honor of his excellent majesty for many days, even a hundred and eighty days.

    5 And when these days were completed, the king made a feast for all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace.

  • 3 I ate no desirable food, neither did meat nor wine enter my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were completed.

  • 11 O Lord, I beg You, let now Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant, and to the prayer of Your servants, who desire to fear Your name: and prosper, I pray You, Your servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.

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    6 But all this time I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon, I had come to the king. After some time, I obtained leave from the king,

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    7 Moreover, I said to the king, If it pleases the king, let letters be given to me for the governors beyond the river, that they may allow me to pass through until I come to Judah;

    8 And a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which pertain to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.

  • 10 And the chief of the eunuchs said to Daniel, "I fear my lord the king, who has appointed your food and drink. For why should he see your faces looking worse than the young men who are your age? Then you would endanger my head to the king."

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    22 And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour and sixty measures of meal,

    23 Ten fat oxen, twenty oxen from the pastures, and a hundred sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fatted fowl.

  • 11 Restore to them, I pray you, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their olive groves, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil, that you are charging them.

  • 19 Yet there is both straw and feed for our donkeys, and there is bread and wine also for me, for your maidservant, and for the young man who is with your servants. There is no lack of anything."

  • 8 But Daniel resolved in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's delicacies, nor with the wine he drank; therefore he requested of the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.

  • 1 Belshazzar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.

  • 14 Now because we have maintenance from the king's palace, and it was not proper for us to see the king's dishonor, therefore we have sent and certified the king;

  • 15 In those days I saw people in Judah treading wine presses on the Sabbath, bringing in sheaves, and loading donkeys, as well as bringing in wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of burdens into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. And I warned them on the day they sold provisions.

  • 6 Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib. When he arrived there, he ate no bread and drank no water, for he mourned because of the transgression of those who had been taken captive.

  • 21 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from him a safe journey for us, our little ones, and all our goods.

  • 18 Then the king made a great feast for all his princes and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.

  • 25 And weighed out to them the silver, the gold, and the vessels, the offering for the house of our God, which the king, his counselors, his lords, and all Israel present had offered:

  • 22 As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned for them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.

  • 12 And all the people went their way to eat and drink, and to send portions, and to make great rejoicing, because they had understood the words that were declared to them.

  • 19 And he gave to all the people, even the whole multitude of Israel, both the women and men, to everyone a cake of bread, a good piece of meat, and a flagon of wine. So all the people departed, each to his house.