Nehemiah 5:4 - 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.

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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."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ And others said: Let us borrow money for the king's tribute; and let us give up our fields and vineyards.

Nehemiah 5:4 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.

Ezra 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.

Nehemiah 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.

Ezra 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.

1 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.

Joshua 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.

Nehemiah 5:3

Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.

Proverbs 22:7

The rich ruleth over the poor, And the borrower is servant to the lender.