Nehemiah 5:4
Modern Translations
New International Version
Still others were saying, "We have had to borrow money to pay the king's tax on our fields and vineyards.

New Living Translation
And others said, “We have had to borrow money on our fields and vineyards to pay our taxes.

English Standard Version
And there were those who said, “We have borrowed money for the king’s tax on our fields and our vineyards.

Berean Study Bible
Still others were saying, “We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.

New American Standard Bible
There also were those who said, “We have borrowed money for the king’s tax on our fields and our vineyards.

NASB 1995
Also there were those who said, "We have borrowed money for the king's tax on our fields and our vineyards.

NASB 1977
Also there were those who said, “We have borrowed money for the king’s tax on our fields and our vineyards.

Amplified Bible
There were also others who were saying, “We have borrowed money on our fields and vineyards for the [Persian] king’s [heavy] tax.

Christian Standard Bible
Still others were saying, “We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Still others were saying, "We have borrowed money to pay the king's tax on our fields and vineyards.

Contemporary English Version
Then others said, "We had to borrow money from those in power to pay the government tax on our fields and vineyards.

Good News Translation
Still others said, "We had to borrow money to pay the royal tax on our fields and vineyards.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Others said, "We've had to borrow money to pay the king's taxes on our fields and vineyards.

International Standard Version
Still others were saying "We've borrowed money against our fields and vineyards to pay the king's taxes.

NET Bible
Then there were those who said, "We have borrowed money to pay our taxes to the king on our fields and our vineyards.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.

New King James Version
There were also those who said, “We have borrowed money for the king’s tax on our lands and vineyards.

King James 2000 Bible
There were also those that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tax, and that upon our lands and vineyards.

New Heart English Bible
There were also some who said, "We have borrowed money for the king's tribute using our fields and our vineyards as collateral.

World English Bible
There were also some who said, "We have borrowed money for the king's tribute using our fields and our vineyards as collateral.

American King James Version
There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that on our lands and vineyards.

American Standard Version
There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute upon our fields and our vineyards.

A Faithful Version
There were also some who said, "We have borrowed money on our lands and vineyards for the king's tax.

Darby Bible Translation
And there were that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute upon our fields and vineyards;

English Revised Version
There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute upon our fields and our vineyards.

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

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
There were also that said, We haue borowed money for the Kings tribute vpon our landes and our vineyardes.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
But some there were that saide: We haue borowed money for the kinges tribute, and that vpon our landes & vineyardes.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
But some saide: Let vs borowe money of the kinge vpo vsury for oure londes and vynyardes.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And there are [those] who are saying, “We have borrowed money for the tribute of the king, [on] our fields, and our vineyards;

Young's Literal Translation
And there are who are saying, 'We have borrowed money for the tribute of the king, on our fields, and our vineyards;

Smith's Literal Translation
And there are those saying, We borrowed silver for the king's tribute, our fields and our vineyards.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And others said: Let us borrow money for the king's tribute, and let us give up our fields and vineyards:

Catholic Public Domain Version
And others were saying: “Let us borrow money for the tribute of the king, and let us surrender our fields and vineyards.”

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And there were those who said: “We shall borrow money from the taxes of the King, and we shall cultivate our fields and our vineyards, and we shall live!”

Lamsa Bible
There were those who said, Let us borrow money from the king's tribute, and work our fields and our vineyards, that we may live.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
There were also that said: 'We have borrowed money for the king's tribute upon our fields and our vineyards.

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
















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