Nehemiah 5:4 “Still others were saying, “We have borrowed money to pay the king’s ta…”

Nehemiah 5:4

Still others were saying, “We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.

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.

American Standard Version

There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute upon our fields and our vineyards.

Geneva Bible 1599

There were also that said, We haue borowed money for the Kings tribute vpon our landes and our vineyardes.

Darby Translation

And there were that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute upon our fields and vineyards;

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;

Bible in Basic English

And there were others who said, We have given up our fields and our vine-gardens to get money for the king's taxes.

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Cross references

“the king's tribute”

Ezra 4:13 Ezra 4:20 Nehemiah 9:37 Joshua 16:10 1 Kings 9:21 Deuteronomy 28:47

Ezra 4:13 · BSB

Let it now be known to the king that if that city is rebuilt and its walls are restored, they will not pay tribute, duty, or toll, and the royal treasury will suffer.

Ezra 4:20 · BSB

And mighty kings have ruled over Jerusalem and exercised authority over the whole region west of the Euphrates; and tribute, duty, and toll were paid to them.

Nehemiah 9:37 · BSB

Its abundant harvest goes to the kings You have set over us because of our sins. And they rule over our bodies and our livestock as they please. We are in great distress.

Joshua 16:10 · BSB

But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, but they are forced laborers.

1 Kings 9:21 · BSB

their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites were unable to devote to destruction —Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.

Deuteronomy 28:47 · BSB

Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart in all your abundance,

Also

Ezra 7:24

Ezra 7:24 · BSB

And be advised that you have no authority to impose tribute, duty, or toll on any of the priests, Levites, singers, doorkeepers, temple servants, or other servants of this house of God.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

5We 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.”

Read Nehemiah 5