2 Nephi 5:17

~588–559 BC

1830 Edition

And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did cause my people that they should be industrious, and that they should labor with their hands.

Influences

1 Corinthians 4:12 (KJV)
And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:

Changes

And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did cause my people that they should be industrious, and that they should labor with their hands.

Simple English

I got my people to work hard with their hands.

Paraphrase

I made sure my people worked hard with their hands.