Nehemiah 5:4

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Nehemiah 5:4

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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

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KJV

King James Version

There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute, [and that upon] our lands and vineyards.

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WEB

World English Bible

There were also some who said, “We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute using our fields and our vineyards as collateral.

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ASV

American Standard Version

There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute [upon] our fields and our vineyards.

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Berean Literal Bible

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Nehemiah 5

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.”

⁶ When I heard their outcry and these complaints, I became extremely angry,

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