Nehemiah 5:4
Nehemiah 5:4-5 The Message (MSG)
And others said, “We’re having to borrow money to pay the royal tax on our fields and vineyards. Look: We’re the same flesh and blood as our brothers here; our children are just as good as theirs. Yet here we are having to sell our children off as slaves—some of our daughters have already been sold—and we can’t do anything about it because our fields and vineyards are owned by somebody else.”
Nehemiah 5:4 King James Version (KJV)
There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.
Nehemiah 5:4 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Also there were those who said, “We have borrowed money for the king’s tax on our fields and our vineyards.
Nehemiah 5:4 New Century Version (NCV)
And still others were saying, “We are borrowing money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.
Nehemiah 5:4 American Standard Version (ASV)
There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute upon our fields and our vineyards.
Nehemiah 5:4 New International Version (NIV)
Still others were saying, “We have had to borrow money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.
Nehemiah 5:4 New King James Version (NKJV)
There were also those who said, “We have borrowed money for the king’s tax on our lands and vineyards.
Nehemiah 5:4 Amplified Bible (AMP)
There were also others who were saying, “We have borrowed money on our fields and vineyards for the [Persian] king’s [heavy] tax.