Nehemiah 5:3
Others were saying, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our homes to get grain during the famine.”
Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.
There were also some who said, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our houses. Let us get grain, because of the famine.”
Some also there were that said, We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses: let us get grain, because of the dearth.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- mortgaged
- Genesis 47:15–25; Leviticus 25:35–39; Deuteronomy 15:7
- because
- Malachi 3:8–11