Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsSome also there were that said, We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses: let us get grain, because of the dearth.
Others were saying, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our homes to get grain during the famine.”
And there are who are saying, `Our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses, we are pledging, and we receive corn for the famine.'
And there were that said, We have had to pledge our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses, that we might procure corn in the dearth.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentNehemiah — The walls rebuilt in fifty-two days; the covenant renewed; the reforms enacted and then re-enacted when Nehemiah returns to find them slipping. A book about civic and spiritual reconstruction side by side.
- Author
- Nehemiah (chs. 1–7, 11–13 largely first-person memoir); Ezra-material probably compiled alongside
- Date
- Events 445–432 BC; final compilation late-5th century BC