3Some also there were that said, |We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses. Let us get grain, because of the famine.|


In Context

1 Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers 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 famine.|

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

5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brothers, our children as their children. Behold, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters have been brought into bondage. Neither is it in our power to help it; for other men have our fields and our vineyards.|

Nehemiah 5:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:3[Some] also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:3Others were saying, "We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards and our homes to get grain during the famine."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:3And 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:3Some also there were that said, We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses: let us get grain, because of the dearth.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:3And there were that said, We have had to pledge our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses, that we might procure corn in the dearth.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:3Some also there were that said, We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses: let us get corn, because of the dearth.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:3Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:3And there are who are saying, 'Our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses, we are pledging, and we receive corn for the famine.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:3Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.