Nehemiah 10:31 
Context| NET © | We will not buy 1 on the Sabbath or on a holy day from the neighboring peoples who bring their wares and all kinds of grain to sell on the Sabbath day. We will let the fields lie fallow every seventh year, and we will cancel every loan. 2 |
| NIV © | "When the neighbouring peoples bring merchandise or grain to sell on the Sabbath, we will not buy from them on the Sabbath or on any holy day. Every seventh year we will forgo working the land and will cancel all debts. |
| NASB © | As for the peoples of the land who bring wares or any grain on the sabbath day to sell, we will not buy from them on the sabbath or a holy day; and we will forego the crops the seventh year and the exaction of every debt. |
| NLT © | We further promise that if the people of the land should bring any merchandise or grain to be sold on the Sabbath or on any other holy day, we will refuse to buy it. And we promise not to do any work every seventh year and to cancel the debts owed to us by other Jews. |
| MSG © | When the foreign neighbors bring goods or grain to sell on the Sabbath we won't trade with them--not on the Sabbath or any other holy day. Every seventh year we will leave the land fallow and cancel all debts. |
| BBE © | And if the peoples of the lands come to do trade in goods or food on the Sabbath day, that we would do no trade with them on the Sabbath or on a holy day: and that in the seventh year we would take no payment from any debtor. |
| NRSV © | and if the peoples of the land bring in merchandise or any grain on the sabbath day to sell, we will not buy it from them on the sabbath or on a holy day; and we will forego the crops of the seventh year and the exaction of every debt. |
| NKJV © | if the peoples of the land brought wares or any grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we would not buy it from them on the Sabbath, or on a holy day; and we would forego the seventh year’s produce and the exacting of every debt. |
| KJV | And [if] the people <05971> of the land <0776> ware <04728> or any victuals <07668> on the sabbath <07676> day <03117> it of them on the sabbath <07676>_, or on the holy <06944> day <03117>_: the seventh <07637> year <08141>_, and the exaction <04853> of every debt <03027>_. {every...: Heb. every hand} |
| NASB © | As for the peoples <05971> of the land <0776> who bring <0935> wares <04728> or any <03605> grain <07668> on the sabbath <07676> day <03117> to sell <04376> , we will not buy <03947> from them on the sabbath <07676> or a holy <06944> day <03117> ; and we will forego <05203> the crops the seventh <07637> year <08141> and the exaction <04855> of every <03605> debt .<03027> |
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| LXXM | |
| NET © [draft] ITL | We will not <03808> buy on the Sabbath <07676> or on a holy <06944> day <03117> from the <0853> neighboring <0776> peoples <05971> who bring <0935> their wares <04728> and all <03605> kinds of grain <07668> to sell <04376> on the Sabbath <07676> day <03117> . We will let the fields lie fallow <05203> every seventh <07637> year <08141> , and we will cancel <04855> every <03605> loan .<03027> |
| NET © | We will not buy 1 on the Sabbath or on a holy day from the neighboring peoples who bring their wares and all kinds of grain to sell on the Sabbath day. We will let the fields lie fallow every seventh year, and we will cancel every loan. 2 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “take.” 2 tn Heb “debt of every hand,” an idiom referring to the hand that holds legally binding contractual agreements. |
