Nehemiah 5:4 - 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."

Matoleo zaidi

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.”

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 Marejeleo ya Msalaba

1 Kings 9:21

their sons, who had remained in the land, namely, those whom the sons of Israel had not been able to destroy, Solomon made tributary, even to this day.

Ezra 4:13

And now let be it known to the king, that if this city will have been built up, and its walls repaired, they will not pay tribute, nor tax, nor yearly revenues, and this loss will affect even the kings.

Ezra 4:20

Then too, there have been very strong kings in Jerusalem, who also ruled over the entire region which is across the river. They have also taken tribute, and tax, and revenues.

Ezra 7:24

Likewise, we would make known to you, about all the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the gatekeepers, and the temple servants, and the ministers of the house of this God, that you have no authority to impose tax, or tribute, or duty upon them.

Nehemiah 5:3

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."

Nehemiah 9:37

And its fruits are multiplied for the kings, whom you have set over us because of our sins. And they rule over our bodies, and over our cattle, according to their will. And we are in great tribulation.

Proverbs 22:7

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

Joshua 16:10

And the sons of Ephraim did not put to death the Canaanite that was living at Gezer. And the Canaanite lived in the midst of Ephraim, even to this day, paying tribute.