4And others said: Let us borrow money for the king's tribute, and let us give up our fields and vineyards:


In Context

1 Now there was a great cry of the people, and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.

2 And there were some that said: Our sons and our daughters are very many: Yet us take up corn for the price of them, and let us eat and live.

3 And there were some that said: Let us mortgage our lands, and our vineyards, and our houses, and let us take corn be- cause of the famine.

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

5 And now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren: and our children as their children. Behold we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters, and some of our daughters are bondwomen already, neither have we wherewith to redeem them, and our fields and our vineyards other men possess.

6 And I was exceedingly angry when I heard their cry according to these words.

Nehemiah 5:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:4There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute, [and that upon] our lands and vineyards.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:4Still others were saying, "We have had to borrow money to pay the king's tax on our fields and vineyards.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:4There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute upon our fields and our vineyards.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:4And there were that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute upon our fields and vineyards;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:4There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute upon our fields and our vineyards.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:4There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:4There were also some who said, |We have borrowed money for the king's tribute using our fields and our vineyards as collateral.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:4And there are who are saying, 'We have borrowed money for the tribute of the king, on our fields, and our vineyards;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:4There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that on our lands and vineyards.