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Nehemiah 5:12

12 Then they said, “We will restore these and orequire nothing from them. We will do as you say.” And I called the priests and pmade them swear qto do as they had promised.

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Nehemiah 5:12 — The New International Version (NIV)

12 “We will give it back,” they said. “And we will not demand anything more from them. We will do as you say.”

Then I summoned the priests and made the nobles and officials take an oath to do what they had promised.

Nehemiah 5:12 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

12 Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.

Nehemiah 5:12 — New Living Translation (NLT)

12 They replied, “We will give back everything and demand nothing more from the people. We will do as you say.” Then I called the priests and made the nobles and officials swear to do what they had promised.

Nehemiah 5:12 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

12 So they said, “We will restore it, and will require nothing from them; we will do as you say.”

Then I called the priests, and required an oath from them that they would do according to this promise.

Nehemiah 5:12 — New Century Version (NCV)

12 They said, “We will give it back and not demand anything more from them. We will do as you say.”

Then I called for the priests, and I made the important people and leaders take an oath to do what they had said.

Nehemiah 5:12 — American Standard Version (ASV)

12 Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do, even as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they would do according to this promise.

Nehemiah 5:12 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

12 And they said, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do, as thou hast said. And I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.

Nehemiah 5:12 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

12 They responded, “We’ll return it and not try to get it from them ⸤again⸥. We’ll do what you say.” Then I called the priests and made them swear to do what they promised.

Nehemiah 5:12 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

12 They responded: “We will return these things and require nothing more from them. We will do as you say.”

So I summoned the priests and made everyone take an oath to do this.

Nehemiah 5:12 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

12 Then they said, “We will restore everything and demand nothing more from them. We will do as you say.” And I called the priests, and made them take an oath to do as they had promised.

Nehemiah 5:12 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

12 So they said, “We will restore it and will not request anything more. So we will do as you say.” Then I called the priests and made them take an oath to do this promise.

Nehemiah 5:12 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

12 “We’ll give it back,” they said. “And we won’t require anything more from them. We’ll do exactly as you say.”

Then I sent for the priests. I made the nobles and officials take an oath to do what they had promised.

Nehemiah 5:12 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

12 Then they said, “We will give it back and will require nothing from them; we will do exactly as you say.” So I called the priests and took an oath from them that they would do according to this promise.


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