Nehemiah 5:3
Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.
Nehemiah 5:3 in other translations
| BSB | Others were saying, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our homes to get grain during the famine.” |
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| WEB | There were also some who said, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our houses. Let us get grain, because of the famine.” |
| ASV | 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. |
| YLT | And there are who are saying, ‘Our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses, we are pledging, and we receive corn for the famine.' |
| DARBY | 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. |
| BBE | And there were some who said, We are giving our fields and our vine-gardens and our houses for debt: let us get grain because we are in need. |
| Webster | Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth. |
What does Nehemiah 5:3 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nehemiah 5:1-5
Ne 5:1-5. The People Complain of Their Debt, Mortgage, and Bondage. 1-5. there was a great cry of the people ... against their brethren--Such a crisis in the condition of the Jews in Jerusalem--fatigued with hard labor and harassed by the machinations of restless enemies, the majority of them poor, and the bright visions which hope had painted of pure happiness on their return to the land of their fathers being…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Nehemiah 5:1-5
Men prey upon their fellow-creatures: by despising the poor they reproach their Maker. Such conduct is a disgrace to any, but who can sufficiently abhor it when adopted by professing Christians? With compassion for the oppressed, we should lament the hardships which many in the world are groaning under; putting our souls into their souls' stead, and remembering in our prayers and succours those who are burdened. But…
Nehemiah 5:3 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Nehemiah 5:3
- Leviticus 25:35-39
And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee. Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee. Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase. I am the Lord your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God. …
- Malachi 3:8-11
Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts.
- Deuteronomy 15:7
If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:
- Genesis 47:15-25
And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth. And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail. And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for all their cattle for that year. When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands: …
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Ge 47:15-25; Le 25:35-39; De 15:7
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Mal 3:8-11
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Context
- Nehemiah 5:2
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.
- Nehemiah 5:3
Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.
- Nehemiah 5:4
There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.
Nehemiah 5:3 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y había quienes decían: Hemos empeñado nuestras tierras, y nuestras viñas, y nuestras casas, para comprar grano en el hambre. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il y en avait qui disaient: Nous avons dû engager nos champs et nos vignes et nos maisons pour nous procurer du blé dans la disette. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und es gab solche, die da sprachen: Wir mußten unsere Felder und unsere Weinberge und unsere Häuser verpfänden, daß wir Getreide erhielten in der Hungersnot. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et erant qui dicerent: Agros nostros, et vineas, et domus nostras opponamus, et accipiamus frumentum in fame. |