Nehemia 5:10

5:10 Even I and my relatives ¹  and my associates ²  are lending them money and grain. But let us abandon this practice of seizing collateral! ³ 

Nehemia 6:9

6:9 All of them were wanting ⁴  to scare us, supposing, “Their hands will grow slack from the work, and it won’t get done.”

So now, strengthen my hands! ⁵ 

Nehemia 13:27

13:27 Should we then in your case hear that you do all this great evil, thereby being unfaithful to our God by marrying ⁶  foreign wives?”

[5:10]  ¹ tn Heb “brothers.”

[5:10]  ² tn Heb “lads.”

[5:10]  ³ tn Heb “this debt.” This expression is a metonymy of association: “debt” refers to the seizure of the collateral of the debt.

[6:9]  ⁴ tn The participle has a desiderative nuance here, describing the desire of the subject and not necessarily the actual outcome. See also v. 14.

[6:9]  ⁵ tn The statement “So now, strengthen my hands” is frequently understood as an implied prayer, but is taken differently by NAB (“But instead, I now redoubled my efforts”).

[13:27]  ⁶ tn Heb “give a dwelling to.”