4Still others were saying, "We have had to borrow money to pay the king's tax on our fields and vineyards.
4Still others were saying, "We have had to borrow money to pay the king's tax on our fields and vineyards.
1 Now the men and their wives raised a great outcry against their Jewish brothers.
2 Some were saying, "We and our sons and daughters are numerous; in order for us to eat and stay alive, we must get grain."
3 Others were saying, "We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards and our homes to get grain during the famine."
4 Still others were saying, "We have had to borrow money to pay the king's tax on our fields and vineyards.
5 Although we are of the same flesh and blood as our countrymen and though our sons are as good as theirs, yet we have to subject our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters have already been enslaved, but we are powerless, because our fields and our vineyards belong to others."
6 When I heard their outcry and these charges, I was very angry.
5:4There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute, [and that upon] our lands 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.