尼希米记 5:4

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

有些人說：“我們為了要借錢向王納稅，只好抵押了我們的田地和葡萄園。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
有 的 说 ： 我 们 已 经 指 着 田 地 、 葡 萄 园 ， 借 了 钱 给 王 纳 税 。

Contextual Overview

¹ The men and their wives complained loudly against their fellow Jews. ² Some of them were saying, "We have many sons and daughters in our families. To eat and stay alive, we need grain." ³ Others were saying, "We are borrowing money against our fields, vineyards, and homes to get grain because there is not much food." ⁴ And still others were saying, "We are borrowing money to pay the king's tax on our fields and vineyards. ⁵ We are just like our fellow Jews, and our sons are like their sons. But we have to sell our sons and daughters as slaves. Some of our daughters have already been sold. But there is nothing we can do, because our fields and vineyards already belong to other people."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the king's tribute: Nehemiah 9:37, Deuteronomy 28:47, Deuteronomy 28:48, Joshua 16:10, 1 Kings 9:21, Ezra 4:13, Ezra 4:20

Reciprocal: Exodus 22:14 - borrow Nehemiah 5:11 - their lands Proverbs 22:7 - the borrower Lamentations 1:1 - how is Matthew 22:17 - is Luke 20:22 - General John 8:33 - and were Romans 13:6 - pay Revelation 18:13 - slaves

Cross-References

Genesis 1:28
God blessed them and said, "Have many children and grow in number. Fill the earth and be its master. Rule over the fish in the sea and over the birds in the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth."

Genesis 5:1
This is the family history of Adam. When God created human beings, he made them in his own likeness.

Genesis 5:3
When Adam was 130 years old, he became the father of another son in his likeness and image, and Adam named him Seth.

Genesis 5:7
After Enosh was born, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:10
After Kenan was born, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:13
After Mahalalel was born, Kenan lived 840 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:19
After Enoch was born, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:22
After Methuselah was born, Enoch walked with God 300 years more and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:26
After Lamech was born, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:30
After Noah was born, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

There were also that said,.... Who though they were able to buy corn for their families without mortgaging their estates: yet, say they,

we have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards; for though the priests, Levites, and Nethinims, were exempted from it, yet not the people in common; and some of these were so poor, that they could not pay it without borrowing upon their estates, and paying large usury for it, see Ezra 6:8

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The king’s tribute - The tax payable to the Persian monarch (compare Ezra 4:13; Esther 10:1). In ancient times, heavy taxation was often productive of debt and distress.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Nehemiah 5:4. We have borrowed money — This should be read, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute on our lands and vineyards. They had a tax to pay to the Persian king in token of their subjection to him, and though it is not likely it was heavy, yet they were not able to pay it.