Good News Bible

Nehemiah 5:1-3 Good News Bible (GNB)

1. Some time later many of the people, both men and women, began to complain against their fellow-Jews.

2. Some said, “We have large families, we need corn to keep us alive.”

3. Others said, “We have had to mortgage our fields and vineyards and houses to get enough corn to keep us from starving.”