4There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute upon our fields and our vineyards.
4There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute upon our fields and our vineyards.
1 Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
2 For there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many: let us get grain, that we may eat and live.
3 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.
4 There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute upon our fields and our vineyards.
5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage already : neither is it in our power to help it; for other men have our fields and our vineyards.
6 And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
5:4There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute, [and that upon] our lands and vineyards.
5:4Still others were saying, "We have had to borrow money to pay the king's tax on our fields and vineyards.
5:4And others said: Let us borrow money for the king's tribute, and let us give up our fields and vineyards:
5:4And there were that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute upon our fields and vineyards;
5:4There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute upon our fields and our vineyards.
5:4There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.
5:4There were also some who said, |We have borrowed money for the king's tribute using our fields and our vineyards as collateral.
5:4And there are who are saying, 'We have borrowed money for the tribute of the king, on our fields, and our vineyards;
5:4There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that on our lands and vineyards.