Nehemiah 5:4

There were also that said, We haue borowed money for the Kings tribute vpon our landes and our vineyardes.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 there were that saide, We must gage our landes, and our vineyardes, and our houses, and take vp corne for the famine.

5And nowe our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, and our sonnes as their sonnes: and lo, we bring into subiection our sonnes and our daughters, as seruants, and there be of our daughters nowe in subiection, and there is no power in our handes: for other men haue our landes and our vineyardes.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:47Because thou seruedst not the Lord thy God with ioyfulnesse and with a good heart for the abundance of all things.

1 Kings 9:21To wit, their children that were left after them in the lande, whome the children of Israel were not able to destroy, those did Salomon make tributaries vnto this day.

Ezra 4:20There haue bene mightie kings also ouer Ierusalem, which haue ruled ouer all beyonde the Riuer, and tolle, tribute, and custome was giuen vnto them.

Nehemiah 9:37And it yeeldeth much fruit vnto the kings whom thou hast set ouer vs, because of our sinnes: and they haue dominion ouer our bodyes and ouer our cattell at their pleasure, 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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