Nehemja 9:36

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Se, vi er idag træler - vi er træler i det land du gav våre fedre, forat de skulde ete dets frukt og dets gode ting,

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Deuteronomy 28:48, 2 Chronicles 12:8, Ezra 9:9

Reciprocal: Leviticus 25:14 - General Deuteronomy 28:33 - The fruit Ezra 9:7 - into the hand Nehemiah 1:3 - in great Jeremiah 25:18 - as it Lamentations 5:5 - labour Ezekiel 11:9 - and deliver Ezekiel 17:14 - the kingdom Joel 2:17 - that Luke 20:16 - shall give John 8:33 - and were

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Behold, we are servants this day,.... For though they had leave to return to their land, and rebuild their city and temple, yet they were still in subjection to the kings of Persia:

and for the land thou gavest unto our fathers, to eat the fruit thereof, and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it; though the rightful owners and proprietors of it by the gift of God to their ancestors, to hold it and enjoy the good of it, and yet were obliged to pay tribute for it to the kings of Persia, all excepting priests and Levites; see Ezra 6:8.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 36. Behold, we are servants — They had no king of their own: and were under the government of the kings of Persia, to whom they paid a regular tribute.