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Nehemiah 5:8New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
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8 And I proceeded to say to them: “We ourselves have bought back+ our own Jewish brothers who were sold to the nations, as far as it was in our power; and at the same time will YOU yourselves sell YOUR own brothers,+ and must they be sold to us?” At this they became speechless, and they did not find a word.+
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Nehemiah 5:8The Bible in Living English
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8 and said to them “We have been buying up our brother Judahites who had been sold to, the heathens, as much as we could, and you are even selling your brothers and they get sold to us”; and they were silent and could not find a word.
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Nehemiah 5:8American Standard Version
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8 And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, that were sold unto the nations; and would ye even sell your brethren, and should they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found never a word.
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Nehemiah 5:8The Emphasized Bible
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8 and I said unto them We have bought our brethren the Jews who had sold themselves unto the nations according to our ability, and will ye even sell your brethren or shall they sell themselves unto us? And they were silent, and found no answer.
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