Nehemiah 5:4
2 For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.
3 Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.
There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.
5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
6 And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Still others were saying, “We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.
- KJV
- There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.
- WEB
- There were also some who said, “We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute using our fields and our vineyards as collateral.
- ASV
- There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king`s tribute [upon] our fields and our vineyards.
- DARBY
- And there were that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute upon our fields and vineyards;
- BLB
- And there were those who said, “We have borrowed silver for the tribute of the king [on] our fields and our vineyards.
- ÅB
- Andre igjen sa: Vi har lånt penger på våre marker og vingårder for å betale skatten til kongen;
- OTB
- Det var også de som sa: “Vi har lånt penger for å betale kongens skatt på våre marker og vingårder.
- B1930
- Atter andre sa: Vi har lånt penger på våre marker og vingårder for å betale skatten til kongen;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezra 4:13
Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings.
Read in contextEzra 4:20
There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, which have ruled over all countries beyond the river; and toll, tribute, and custom, was paid unto them.
Read in context1 Kings 9:21
Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.
Read in contextEzra 7:24
Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them.
Read in contextNehemiah 9:37
And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.
Read in contextJoshua 16:10
And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 28:47–48
Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;
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