NEH 5:4 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs.
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BrTr And some said, We have borrowed money for the king's tributes:—our fields, and our vineyards, and houses are pledged.

ULT And there were those who said, “We have borrowed silver for the tribute of the king on our fields and our vineyards.

UST Still others said, “We have had to borrow money to pay the taxes that the king commanded us to pay on our fields and our vineyards.

BSB § Still others were saying, “We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.

OEB There were also those who were saying, ’We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute.

WEBBE There were also some who said, “We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute using our fields and our vineyards as collateral.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Then there were those who said, “We have borrowed money to pay our taxes to the king on our fields and our vineyards.

LSV And there are [those] who are saying, “We have borrowed money for the tribute of the king, [on] our fields, and our vineyards;

FBV Still more said, “We've had to borrow money on our fields and vineyards to pay the king's tax.

T4T Others said, “We have needed to borrow money to pay the taxes that the king commanded us to pay on our fields and our vineyards.

LEB And there were those who were saying, “We have borrowed money on our fields and our vineyards for the tax of the king.

BBE And there were others who said, We have given up our fields and our vine-gardens to get money for the king's taxes.

Moff No Moff NEH book available

JPS There were also that said: 'We have borrowed money for the king's tribute upon our fields and our vineyards.

ASV There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute upon our fields and our vineyards.

DRA And others said: Let us borrow money for the king’s tribute, and let us give up our fields and vineyards:

YLT And there are who are saying, 'We have borrowed money for the tribute of the king, [on] our fields, and our vineyards;

Drby And there were that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute upon our fields and vineyards;

RV There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute upon our fields and our vineyards.

Wbstr There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.

KJB-1769 There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.

KJB-1611 There were also that said, Wee haue borrowed money for the kings tribute, and that vpon our lands and vineyards.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Bshps But some there were that saide: We haue borowed money for the kinges tribute, and that vpon our landes & vineyardes.
(But some there were that said: We have borowed money for the kings tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.)

Gnva There were also that said, We haue borowed money for the Kings tribute vpon our landes and our vineyardes.
(There were also that said, We have borowed money for the Kings tribute upon our lands and our vineyards. )

Cvdl But some saide: Let vs borowe money of the kinge vpo vsury for oure londes and vynyardes.
(But some said: Let us borowe money of the king upo usury for our londes and vineyards.)

Wycl And othere men seiden, Take we money bi borewyng in to the tributis of the kyng, and yyue oure feeldis and vyneris.
(And other men said, Take we money by borewyng in to the tributis of the king, and give our fields and vineyardis.)

Luth Etliche aber sprachen: Laßt uns Geld entlehnen auf Zinsen dem Könige auf unsere Äcker und Weinberge.
(Etliche but said: Laßt us/to_us/ourselves money entlehnen on Zinsen to_him kings/king on unsere Äcker and Weinberge.)

ClVg Et alii dicebant: Mutuo sumamus pecunias in tributa regis, demusque agros nostros et vineas:
(And alii dicebant: Mutuo sumamus pecunias in tributa king, demusque agros ours and vineas: )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

וְ⁠יֵשׁ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֹמְרִ֔ים

and,there_were which/who saying

Different people in the crowd apparently continue to add details to the complaint. Alternate translation: “Still others said”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לָוִ֥ינוּ כֶ֖סֶף

borrowed money

Silver here means “money.” Nehemiah is describing money by reference to the commodity that is being used as a means of exchange, silver. Alternate translation: “We have had to borrow money”

Note 2 topic: translate-unknown

לְ⁠מִדַּ֣ת הַ⁠מֶּ֑לֶךְ שְׂדֹתֵ֖י⁠נוּ וּ⁠כְרָמֵֽי⁠נוּ

for,tax the=king fields,our and,vineyards,our

Tribute means “taxes” here. Alternate translation: “the taxes that the king commanded us to pay on our fields and our vineyards”

Parallel NEH 5:4