Nehemiah 5:4

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

And there are [those] who are saying, “We have borrowed money for the tribute of the king, [on] our fields, and our vineyards;

YLT

And there are who are saying, 'We have borrowed money for the tribute of the king, [on] our fields, and our vineyards;

DBY

And there were that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute upon our fields and vineyards;

DRC

And others said: Let us borrow money for the king’s tribute, and let us give up our fields and vineyards:

GNV

There were also that said, We haue borowed money for the Kings tribute vpon our landes and our vineyardes.

JPS

There were also that said: 'We have borrowed money for the king's tribute upon our fields and our vineyards.

LXXE

And some said, We have borrowed money for the king's tributes:—our fields, and our vineyards, and houses are pledged.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וְיֵשׁ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֹמְרִ֔ים לָוִ֥ינוּ כֶ֖סֶף לְמִדַּ֣ת הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ שְׂדֹתֵ֖ינוּ וּכְרָמֵֽינוּ׃

LXX-Br15:4

Καὶ εἰσί τινες λέγοντες, ἐδανεισάμεθα ἀργύριον εἰς φόρους τοῦ βασιλέως, ἀγροὶ ἡμῶν καὶ ἀμπελῶνες ἡμῶν καὶ οἰκίαι ἡμῶν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Ezra 4:13Let it now be known to the king that if that city is rebuilt and its walls are restored, they will not pay tribute, duty, or toll, and the royal treasury will suffer.
• Ezra 4:20And mighty kings have ruled over Jerusalem and exercised authority over the whole region west of the Euphrates; and tribute, duty, and toll were paid to them.
• Joshua 16:10But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, but they are forced laborers.
• Ezra 7:24And be advised that you have no authority to impose tribute, duty, or toll on any of the priests, Levites, singers, doorkeepers, temple servants, or other servants of this house of God.
• Nehemiah 9:37Its abundant harvest goes to the kings You have set over us because of our sins. And they rule over our bodies and our livestock as they please. We are in great distress.
• 1 Kings 9:21their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites were unable to devote to destruction —Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.
• Deuteronomy 28:47–48Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart in all your abundance, you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place…

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