Nehemiah 5:4

And some said, We have borrowed money for the king's tributes:—our fields, and our vineyards, and houses are pledged.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.

In Context

3And some said, As to our fields and vineyards and houses, let us pledge them, and we will take corn, and eat.

5And now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children are as their children: yet, behold, we are reducing our sons and our daughters to slavery, and some of our daughters are enslaved: and there is no power of our hands, for our fields and our vineyards belong to the nobles.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:47because thou didst not serve the Lord thy God with gladness and a good heart, because of the abundance of all things.

Ezra 4:20And there were powerful kings in Jerusalem, and they ruled over all the country beyond the river, and abundant revenues and tribute were given to them.

Nehemiah 9:37and its produce is abundant for the kings whom thou didst appoint over us because of our sins; and they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, as it pleases them, and we are in great affliction.

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 5:2-6

The Complaints of the Poor. ( b. c. 445.) 1 And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. 2 For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live. 3 Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth. 4 There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards. 5… Read the whole commentary →

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