Nehemiah 5:4
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Still others were saying, “We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.
In context
2 Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous. We must get grain in order to eat and stay alive.”
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 borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.
5 We and our children are just like our countrymen and their children, yet we are subjecting our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, but we are powerless to redeem them because our fields and vineyards belong to others.”
6 When I heard their outcry and these complaints, I became extremely angry,
Nehemiah 5:4 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Still others were saying, “We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.
- KJV King James Version
- There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.
- WEB World English Bible
- There were also some who said, “We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute using our fields and our vineyards as collateral.
- ASV American Standard Version
- There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute upon our fields and our vineyards.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And there are who are saying, 'We have borrowed money for the tribute of the king, [on] our fields, and our vineyards;
- DBY Darby Translation
- And there were that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute upon our fields and vineyards;
- WBS Webster Bible
- There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.