Nehemiah 5:3

World English Bible (WEB)

There were also some who said, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our houses. Let us get grain, because of the famine.”

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

2 For there were some who said, “We, our sons and our daughters, are many. Let us get grain, that we may eat and live.”

3 There were also some who said, “We are mortgaging our fields, 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 our sons and our daughters into bondage to be servants, and some of our daughters have been brought into bondage. It is also not in our power to help it, because other men have our fields and our vineyards.”

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Nehemiah 5:3 in every translation

WEB World English Bible: There were also some who said, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our houses. Let us get grain, because of the famine.”
KJV King James Version: Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.
BSB Berean Standard Bible: Others were saying, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our homes to get grain during the famine.”
ASV American Standard Version: Some also there were that said, We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses: let us get grain, because of the dearth.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: And there are who are saying, 'Our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses, we are pledging, and we receive corn for the famine.'
DBY Darby Translation: And 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.
WBS Webster Bible: Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.