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Wycliffe Bible

Nehemiah 5:10

Bothe Y and my britheren, and my children, han lent to ful many men monei and wheete; in comyn axe we not this ayen; foryyue we alien money, which is due to vs.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Beneficence;   Borrowing;   Country;   Covetousness;   Creditor;   Example;   Interest;   Kindness;   Lending;   Love;   Money;   Poor;   Repentance;   Reproof;   Rich, the;   Usury;   Thompson Chain Reference - Nehemiah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Creditors;   Usury or Interest;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Restitution;   Servant;   Usury;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Malachi;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Money;   Wealth;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jubilee;   Usury;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jubilee;   Usury;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Banking;   Interest;   Loan;   Malachi;   Nehemiah;   Restitution;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Debt;   Nehemiah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Usury;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bank;   Cupbearer;   Exact;   Interest;   Lend;   Malachi;   Salvation;   Tax;   Usury;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Antislavery Movement and the Jews;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Even I, as well as my brothers and my servants, have been lending them money and grain. Please, let us stop charging this interest.
Hebrew Names Version
I likewise, my brothers and my servants, do lend them money and grain. Please let us leave off this usury.
King James Version
I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.
English Standard Version
Moreover, I and my brothers and my servants are lending them money and grain. Let us abandon this exacting of interest.
New Century Version
I, my brothers, and my men are also lending money and grain to the people. But stop charging them so much for this.
New English Translation
Even I and my relatives and my associates are lending them money and grain. But let us abandon this practice of seizing collateral!
Amplified Bible
"And likewise I, my brothers, and my servants are lending them money and grain. Please, let us stop [charging] this interest.
New American Standard Bible
"And likewise I, my brothers, and my servants are lending them money and grain. Please, let's do without this interest.
World English Bible
I likewise, my brothers and my servants, do lend them money and grain. Please let us leave off this usury.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For euen I, my brethren, and my seruants doe lende them money and corne: I pray you, let vs leaue off this burden.
Legacy Standard Bible
And likewise I, my brothers, and my young men are lending them money and grain. Please, let us forsake this usury.
Berean Standard Bible
I, as well as my brothers and my servants, have been lending the people money and grain. Please, let us stop this usury.
Contemporary English Version
My relatives, my friends, and I are also lending money and grain, but we must no longer demand payment in return.
Complete Jewish Bible
Moreover, my brothers and my servants, I too have loaned them money and grain. Please, let's stop making it so burdensome to go into debt.
Darby Translation
I also, my brethren and my servants, we might exact usury of them, money and corn. I pray you, let us leave off this usury.
Easy-to-Read Version
My men, my brothers, and I are also lending money and grain to the people. But let's stop forcing them to pay interest on these loans.
George Lamsa Translation
I, likewise, and my sons and my brothers will take money, and will buy grain and will remit the debts of the poor who are among us.
Good News Translation
I have let the people borrow money and grain from me, and so have my companions and those who work for me. Now let's give up all our claims to repayment.
Lexham English Bible
Also, I and my brothers and my servants are lending them money and grain. Please stop taking this interest.
Literal Translation
Likewise, my brothers and my servants are lending them silver and grain. Now let us leave off this interest.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I and my brethre, and my seruauntes haue lent them money and corne: but as for vsury, let vs leaue it.
American Standard Version
And I likewise, my brethren and my servants, do lend them money and grain. I pray you, let us leave off this usury.
Bible in Basic English
Even I and my servants have been taking interest for the money and the grain we have let them have. So now, let us give up this thing.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
I and my brethren, and my seruauntes, do lende them money and corne: I pray you let vs leaue of this burden.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And I likewise, my brethren and my servants, have lent them money and corn. I pray you, let us leave off this exaction.
King James Version (1611)
I likewise, and my brethren, and my seruants, might exact of them money and corne: I pray you let vs leaue off this vsurie.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Both my brethren, and my acquaintances, and I, have lent them money and corn: let us now leave off this exaction.
English Revised Version
And I likewise, my brethren and my servants, do lend them money and corn on usury. I pray you, let us leave off this usury.
Update Bible Version
And I likewise, my brothers and my attendants, lend them money and grain. I pray you, let us leave off this usury.
Webster's Bible Translation
I likewise, my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.
New King James Version
I also, with my brethren and my servants, am lending them money and grain. Please, let us stop this usury!
New Living Translation
I myself, as well as my brothers and my workers, have been lending the people money and grain, but now let us stop this business of charging interest.
New Life Bible
I, my brothers and my servants are giving them money and grain. Let us stop making them pay back more than they are given.
New Revised Standard
Moreover I and my brothers and my servants are lending them money and grain. Let us stop this taking of interest.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
I too, then, my brethren and my young men, might be lending unto them on interest silver and corn! I pray you, let us leave off this lending on interest!
Douay-Rheims Bible
Both I and my brethren, and my servants, have lent money and corn to many: let us all agree not to call for it again; let us forgive the debt that is owing to us.
Revised Standard Version
Moreover I and my brethren and my servants are lending them money and grain. Let us leave off this interest.
Young's Literal Translation
And also, I, my brethren, and my servants, are exacting of them silver and corn; let us leave off, I pray you, this usury.
THE MESSAGE
"I and my brothers and the people working for me have also loaned them money. But this gouging them with interest has to stop. Give them back their foreclosed fields, vineyards, olive groves, and homes right now. And forgive your claims on their money, grain, new wine, and olive oil."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"And likewise I, my brothers and my servants are lending them money and grain. Please, let us leave off this usury.

Contextual Overview

6 And Y was ful wrooth, whanne Y hadde herde the cry of hem bi these wordis. 7 And myn herte thouyte with me, and Y blamede the principal men and magistratis; and Y seide to hem, Axe ye not vsuris, `ech man of youre britheren. And Y gaderide togidire a greet cumpeny ayens hem, 8 and Y seide to hem, As ye witen, we bi oure power ayenbouyten oure britheren Jewis, that weren seeld to hethene men; and ye therfor sillen youre britheren, and schulen we ayenbie hem? And thei holden silence, and founden not what thei schulen answere. 9 And Y seide to hem, It is not good thing, which ye doon; whi goen ye not in the drede of oure God, and repreef be not seid to vs of hethene men, oure enemyes? 10 Bothe Y and my britheren, and my children, han lent to ful many men monei and wheete; in comyn axe we not this ayen; foryyue we alien money, which is due to vs. 11 Yelde ye to hem to dai her feeldis, and her vyneris, her olyue places, and her housis; but rather yyue ye for hem bothe the hundrid part `of money of wheete, of wyn, and of oile, which we weren wont to take of hem. 12 And thei seiden, We schulen yelde, and we schulen axe no thing of hem; and we schulen do so as thou spekist. And Y clepide the preestis, and Y made hem to swere, that thei schulden do aftir that, that Y hadde seid. 13 Ferthermore Y schook my bosum, and Y seide, So God schake awei ech man, `that fillith not this word fro his hows, and hise trauels; and be he schakun awei, and be he maad voide. And al the multitude seide, Amen; and thei herieden God. Therfor the puple dide, as it was seid.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I likewise: Micah 2:1, Luke 3:13, Luke 3:14, 1 Corinthians 9:12-18

I pray you: 2 Corinthians 5:11, 2 Corinthians 5:20, 2 Corinthians 6:1, Philemon 1:8, Philemon 1:9

leave: Nehemiah 5:7, Exodus 22:25-27, Psalms 15:5, Ezekiel 18:8, Ezekiel 18:13

Reciprocal: Isaiah 58:6 - to loose Ezekiel 45:9 - remove Matthew 18:28 - and took

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn,.... For our maintenance, in consideration of the services done by us, which would appear but reasonable, but this we decline for the sake of easing our poor brethren:

I pray you let us leave off this usury; and not exact it, as has been too much and too long used.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I ... might exact - Nehemiah had lent, but not upon pledge.


 
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