Nehemiah 5:4
Nehemiah Defends the Oppressed
3Others were saying, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our homes to get grain during the famine.”4Still others were saying, “We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.5We 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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Berean Standard Bible
Still others were saying, “We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.
American Standard Version (1901)
There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute upon our fields and our vineyards.
Bible in Basic English
And there were others who said, We have given up our fields and our vine-gardens to get money for the king's taxes.
Douay-Rheims 1899
And others said: Let us borrow money for the king’s tribute, and let us give up our fields and vineyards:
Free Bible Version
Still more said, “We've had to borrow money on our fields and vineyards to pay the king's tax.
Geneva Bible 1599
There were also that said, We haue borowed money for the Kings tribute vpon our landes and our vineyardes.
King James (Authorized) Version
There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.
Translation for Translators
Others said, “We have needed to borrow money to pay the taxes that the king commanded us to pay on our fields and our vineyards.
Unlocked Literal Bible
Some also said, “We have borrowed money to pay the king's tax on our fields and our vineyards.
Noah Webster Bible
There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.
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.
Young's Literal Translation
And there are who are saying, 'We have borrowed money for the tribute of the king, [on] our fields, and our vineyards;