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.