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Nehemiah 5:4

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

There were {H3426} also that said {H559}, We have borrowed {H3867} money {H3701} for the king's {H4428} tribute {H4060}, and that upon our lands {H7704} and vineyards {H3754}.

Yet others said, "We have borrowed money for the king's taxes against our fields and vineyards.

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

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

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Cross-References

  • Ezra 4:13 (6 votes)

    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 (3 votes)

    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.

  • Deuteronomy 28:47 (2 votes)

    Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all [things];

  • Deuteronomy 28:48 (2 votes)

    Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all [things]: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.

  • Nehemiah 9:37 (2 votes)

    And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we [are] in great distress.

  • Joshua 16:10 (2 votes)

    And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.

  • 1 Kings 9:21 (2 votes)

    Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.