Now, return to them this very day, their fields, their vineyards, their olive groves and their houses, as well as the hundredth that you have extracted from them on the money, the grain, the new wine, and the fresh oil.”
Nehemiah 5:3 - Tree of Life Version There were others who said, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards and our houses in order to obtain grain during the famine.” 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. |
Now, return to them this very day, their fields, their vineyards, their olive groves and their houses, as well as the hundredth that you have extracted from them on the money, the grain, the new wine, and the fresh oil.”
There were those who said, “We and our sons and our daughters are numerous. We must take grain, so we may eat and live.”
Still others were saying, “We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.
“If there is a poor man among you—any of your brothers within any of your gates in your land that Adonai your God is giving you—you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother.