Nehemiah 5:3 - Catholic Public Domain Version

³ 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."

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ 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

³ Also some said, We are mortgaging our lands, vineyards, and houses to buy grain because of the scarcity.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ 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

³ Others said, “We have to mortgage our fields, our vineyards, and our houses in order to get grain during the famine.”

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ 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.

English Standard Version 2016

³ There were also those who said, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our houses to get grain because of the famine.”

Nehemiah 5:3 Tagairtí Cros

Nehemiah 5:11

On this day, restore their fields, and their vineyards, and their olive groves, and their houses to them. Then, too, the hundredth part of the money, and of the grain, wine, and oil, which you usually exact from them, give it to them."

Nehemiah 5:2

And there were those who were saying: "Our sons and our daughters are very many. Let us receive grain as a price for them, and then we may eat and live."

Nehemiah 5:4

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

Deuteronomy 15:7

If one of your brothers, who dwells within the gates of your city, in the land which the Lord your God will give to you, falls into poverty, you shall not harden your heart, nor tighten your hand.