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Nehemiah 5:10

Money and wealthGenerosityPoverty and the vulnerableJustice

8 And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.

9 Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?

I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.

11 Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.

12 Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.

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BSB
I, as well as my brothers and my servants, have been lending the people money and grain. Please, let us stop this usury.
KJV
I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.
WEB
I likewise, my brothers and my servants, lend them money and grain. Please let us stop this usury.
ASV
And I likewise, my brethren and my servants, do lend them money and grain. I pray you, let us leave off this usury.
DARBY
I also, my brethren and my servants, we might exact usury of them, money and corn. I pray you, let us leave off this usury.
BLB
And also I, my brothers, and my servants, have been lending to them silver and grain. Please let us stop this usury.
ÅB
Også jeg og mine brødre og mine folk har lånt dem penger og korn; la oss ettergi denne gjeld!
OTB
Jeg, mine brødre og mine menn låner dem også penger og korn. La oss opphøre med denne renten!
B1930
Også jeg og mine brødre og mine folk har lånt dem penger og korn; la oss eftergi denne gjeld!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 2 Corinthians 6:1

    We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.

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  • Exodus 22:25–27

    If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.

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  • Ezekiel 18:13

    Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.

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  • 1 Corinthians 9:12–18

    If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.

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  • Micah 2:1

    Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

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  • 2 Corinthians 5:20

    Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.

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  • Ezekiel 18:8

    He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,

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  • Philemon 1:8–9

    Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient,

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