Nehemiah 5:4
There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.
KJV
Et alii dicebant : Mutuo sumamus pecunias in tributa regis, demusque agros nostros et vineas :
Vulgate
καὶ εἰσίν τινες λέγοντες Ἐδανισάμεθα ἀργύριον εἰς φόρους τοῦ βασιλέως, ἀγροὶ ἡμῶν καὶ ἀμπελῶνες ἡμῶν καὶ οἰκίαι ἡμῶν.
LXX
There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute upon our fields and our vineyards.
ASV
וְ/יֵשׁ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֹמְרִ֔ים לָוִ֥ינוּ כֶ֖סֶף לְ/מִדַּ֣ת הַ/מֶּ֑לֶךְ שְׂדֹתֵ֖י/נוּ וּ/כְרָמֵֽי/נוּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
י
y
noun · 92×
יֶשׁ
ysh
pronoun · 137×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כֶּ֣סֶף
ksp
noun · 402×
מִדָּ֣ה
mdh
noun · 55×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
נּוּ
nv
verb · 25×
שָּׂדֶ֔ה
shdh
noun · 334×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Ezra 4:13 — Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings.
- Ezra 4:13 — Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings.
- Ezra 4:20 — There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, which have ruled over all countries beyond the river; and toll, tribute, and custom, was paid unto them.
- John 8:33 — They answered him, We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
- Prov 22:7 — The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
- Rom 13:6 — For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God’s ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.