Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation And now we are slaves in the land that you gave us, this fertile land which gives us food. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Behold we ourselves this day are bondmen: and the land, which thou gavest our fathers, to eat the bread thereof, and the good things thereof, and we ourselves are servants in it. Deuteronomy 28:48 Thou shalt serve thy enemy, whom the Lord will send upon thee, in hunger, and thirst, and nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put an iron yoke upon thy neck, till he consume thee. 2 Chronicles 12:8 But yet they shall serve him, that they may know the difference between my service, and the service of a kingdom of the earth. Ezra 9:9 For we are bondmen, and in our bondage our God hath not forsaken us, but hath extended mercy upon us before the king of the Persians, to give us life, and to set up the house of our God, and to rebuild the desolations thereof, and to give us a fence in Juda and Jerusalem. Context The People Confess Their Sins…35And they have not served thee in their kingdoms, and in thy manifold goodness, which thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land, which thou deliveredst before them, nor did they return from their most wicked devices. 36Behold we ourselves this day are bondmen: and the land, which thou gavest our fathers, to eat the bread thereof, and the good things thereof, and we ourselves are servants in it.37And the fruits thereof grow up for the kings, whom thou hast set over us for our sins, and they have dominion over our bodies, and over our beasts, according to their will, and we are in great tribulation.… Cross References Deuteronomy 28:48 Thou shalt serve thy enemy, whom the Lord will send upon thee, in hunger, and thirst, and nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put an iron yoke upon thy neck, till he consume thee. Ezra 9:9 For we are bondmen, and in our bondage our God hath not forsaken us, but hath extended mercy upon us before the king of the Persians, to give us life, and to set up the house of our God, and to rebuild the desolations thereof, and to give us a fence in Juda and Jerusalem. Lamentations 5:5 We were dragged by the necks, we were weary and no rest was given us. Jump to Previous Bondmen Bounty Eat Enjoy Fathers Forefathers Fruit Gavest Gifts Good Produce Servants Slaves Theirs Thereof Today To-DayJump to Next Bondmen Bounty Eat Enjoy Fathers Forefathers Fruit Gavest Gifts Good Produce Servants Slaves Theirs Thereof Today To-DayLinks Nehemiah 9:36 NIVNehemiah 9:36 NLT Nehemiah 9:36 ESV Nehemiah 9:36 NASB Nehemiah 9:36 Bible Apps Nehemiah 9:36 Biblia Paralela Nehemiah 9:36 Chinese Bible Nehemiah 9:36 French Bible Nehemiah 9:36 German Bible Alphabetical: and are as Behold bounty But could eat fathers forefathers fruit gave good in it its land of other our produces see slaves so the they things to today we which you OT History: Nehemiah 9:36 Behold we are servants this day (Neh Ne) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |