Nehemiah 5:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁴ Still others were saying, ‘We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax  on our fields and vineyards.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ Others said, We have borrowed money on our fields and vineyards to pay the [Persian] king's heavy tax.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute upon our fields and our vineyards.

Common English Bible

⁴ Still others said, “We have had to borrow money against our fields and vineyards in order to pay the king’s tax.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ And others were saying: "Let us borrow money for the tribute of the king, and let us surrender our fields and vineyards."

Nehemiah 5:4 Cross References

1 Kings 9:21

their descendants who remained in the land after them, those whom the Israelites were unable to destroy completely   #– #Solomon imposed forced labour on them; it is still this way today.

Ezra 4:13

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

Ezra 4:20

Powerful kings have also ruled over Jerusalem and exercised authority over the whole region west of the River Euphrates, and tribute, duty, and land tax were paid to them.

Ezra 7:24

Be advised that you do not have authority to impose tribute, duty, and land tax on any priests, Levites, singers, doorkeepers, temple servants, or other servants of this house of God.

Nehemiah 5:3

Others were saying, ‘We are mortgaging our fields, vineyards, and homes to get grain during the famine.’

Nehemiah 9:37

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

Proverbs 22:7

The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is a slave to the lender.

Joshua 16:10

However, they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer.  So the Canaanites still live in Ephraim today,  but they are forced labourers.