Nehemiah 5:3 - Easy To Read Version Other people were saying, “This is a time of famine. {\cf2\super [14]} We are having to mortgage {\cf2\super [15]} our fields, vineyards, and homes to get grain. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Also some said, We are mortgaging our lands, vineyards, and houses to buy grain because of the scarcity. American Standard Version (1901) Some also there were that said, We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses: let us get grain, because of the dearth. Common English Bible Others said, “We have to mortgage our fields, our vineyards, and our houses in order to get grain during the famine.” Catholic Public Domain Version And there were those who were saying: "Let us offer up our fields and vineyards, and our houses, and then we may receive grain during the famine." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And there were some that said: Let us mortgage our lands, and our vineyards, and our houses; and let us take corn because of the famine. |
You must give their fields, vineyards, olive fields, and houses back to them, right now! And you must give back the interest you charged them! You charged them one per cent for the money, grain, new wine, and oil that you loaned them. \{You must give that back to them!\}
Some of them were saying, “We have many children. We must get some grain if we are going to eat and stay alive!”
And still other people were saying, “We have to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards. But we can’t afford to pay, so we are having to borrow money to pay the tax.
“When you are living in the land the Lord your God is giving you, there might be a poor person among your people. You must not be selfish. You must not refuse to give help to that poor person.