Nehemiah 5:10
ContextNET © | Even I and my relatives 1 and my associates 2 are lending them money and grain. But let us abandon this practice of seizing collateral! 3 |
NIV © | I and my brothers and my men are also lending the people money and grain. But let the exacting of usury stop! |
NASB © | "And likewise I, my brothers and my servants are lending them money and grain. Please, let us leave off this usury. |
NLT © | 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 loans. |
MSG © | "I and my brothers and the people working for me have also loaned them money. But this gouging them with interest has to stop. |
BBE © | 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. |
NRSV © | Moreover I and my brothers and my servants are lending them money and grain. Let us stop this taking of interest. |
NKJV © | "I also, with my brethren and my servants, am lending them money and grain. Please, let us stop this usury! |
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NET © | Even I and my relatives 1 and my associates 2 are lending them money and grain. But let us abandon this practice of seizing collateral! 3 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “brothers.” 2 tn Heb “lads.” 3 tn Heb “this debt.” This expression is a metonymy of association: “debt” refers to the seizure of the collateral of the debt. |