Nehemiah 5:3

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Nehemiah 5:3

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Others were saying, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our homes to get grain during the famine.”

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KJV

King James Version

[Some] also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.

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WEB

World English Bible

There were also some who said, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our houses. Let us get grain, because of the famine.”

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ASV

American Standard Version

Some also there were that said, We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses: let us get grain, because of the dearth.

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Berean Literal Bible

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Nehemiah 5

¹ About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews.

² Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous. We must get grain in order to eat and stay alive.”

³ Others were saying, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our homes to get grain during the famine.”

⁴ Still others were saying, “We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.

⁵ We and our children are just like our countrymen and their children, yet we are subjecting our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, but we are powerless to redeem them because our fields and vineyards belong to others.”

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