Verse 4
Nehemiah 5:4
Literal Standard Version
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And there are those who are saying, “We have borrowed money for the tribute of the king, on our fields, and our vineyards;
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/יֵשׁ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֹמְרִ֔ים לָוִ֥ינוּ כֶ֖סֶף לְ/מִדַּ֣ת הַ/מֶּ֑לֶךְ שְׂדֹתֵ֖י/נוּ וּ/כְרָמֵֽי/נוּ
English Translation
And there are those who say, "To our lord, money for the measure of the king, our fields and our vineyards."
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Chapter 5 Context
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And there is a great cry of the people and their wives, concerning their brothers the Jews,
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indeed, there are those who are saying, “Our sons, and our daughters, we—are many, and we receive gr...
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And there are those who are saying, “Our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses, we are pledging,...
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And there are those who are saying, “We have borrowed money for the tribute of the king, on our fiel...
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and now, as the flesh of our brothers is our flesh, as their sons are our sons, and behold, we are s...
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And it is very displeasing to me when I have heard their cry and these words,
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and my heart reigns over me, and I strive with the nobles, and with the prefects, and say to them, “...
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and say to them, “We have acquired our brothers the Jews, those sold to the nations, according to th...
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And I say, “The thing that you are doing is not good; do you not walk in the fear of our God (Elohim...
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And also, I, my brothers, and my servants, are exacting silver and grain on them; please let us leav...
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Please give back to them, as today, their fields, their vineyards, their olive-yards, and their hous...
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And they say, “We give back, and we seek nothing from them; so we do as you are saying.” And I call...
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also, I have shaken my lap, and I say, “Thus God (Elohim) shakes out every man from his house and fr...
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Also, from the day that he appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentiet...
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the former governors who are before me have made themselves heavy on the people, and take of them in...
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And also, in the work of this wall I have done mightily, even a field we have not bought, and all my...
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and of the Jews, and of the prefects, one hundred and fifty men, and those coming to us of the natio...
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and that which has been prepared for one day is one ox, six fat sheep, also birds have been prepared...
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Remember for me, O my God (Elohim), for good, all that I have done for this people.
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