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Nehemiah 5:3
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Nehemiah Deals with Oppression

1 And there was a great aoutcry of the people and their wives against their bJewish brethren.  
2 For there were those who said, “We, our sons, and our daughters are many; therefore let us get grain, that we may eat and live.”
3 There were also some who said, “We have mortgaged our lands and vineyards and houses, that we might buy grain because of the famine.”
4 There were also those who said, “We have borrowed money for the king’s tax on our lands and vineyards.
5 Yet now aour flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children; and indeed we bare forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters have been brought into slavery. It is not in our power to redeem them, for other men have our lands and vineyards.”  
Verse Comparison: Nehemiah 5:3

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American Standard Version
Some also there were that said, We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses: let us get grain, because of the dearth.

Amplified® Bible
Also some said, We are mortgaging our lands, vineyards, and houses to buy grain because of the scarcity.

Contemporary English Version
Others said, "During the famine we even had to mortgage our fields, vineyards, and homes to them in order to buy grain."

Darby English Version
And there were that said, We have had to pledge our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses, that we might procure corn in the dearth.

Good News Bible
Others said, "We have had to mortgage our fields and vineyards and houses to get enough grain to keep us from starving."

King James Version
Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.

New American Standard Bible
There were others who said, "We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards and our houses that we might get grain because of the famine."

New International Version
Others were saying, "We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards and our homes to get grain during the famine."

New King James Version
There were also some who said, "We have mortgaged our lands and vineyards and houses, that we might buy grain because of the famine."

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Others said, "We have mortgaged our fields, our vineyards and our houses that we might get grain because of the famine."

Revised Standard Version
There were also those who said, "We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our houses to get grain because of the famine."

Young's Literal Translation
And there are who are saying, `Our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses, we are pledging, and we receive corn for the famine.'

New English Translation
There were others who said, “We are putting up our fields, our vineyards, and our houses as collateral in order to obtain grain during the famine.”


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