4There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.
4There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.
1 And there was 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: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.
3 Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.
4 There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute, and that upon our lands and 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 unto bondage [already:] neither is it in our power [to redeem them;] for other men have our lands and vineyards.
6 And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
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:
5:4There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute upon our fields and our 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.