Nehemiah 5:11
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Please restore to them immediately their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses, along with the percentage of the money, grain, new wine, and oil that you have been assessing them.””
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“Please restore to them immediately their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses, along with the percentage of the money, grain, new wine, and oil that you have been assessing them.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their fields, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Give back, I pray you, to them, as to-day, their fields, their vineyards, their olive-yards, and their houses, and the hundredth <FI>part<Fi> of the money, and of the corn, of the new wine, and of the oil, that ye are exacting of them.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Nehemiah 5:11 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 6:4once he has sinned and becomes guilty, he must return what he has stolen or taken by extortion, or the deposit entrusted to him, or the lost property he found,
- 1 Samuel 12:3Here I am. Bear witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated or oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe and closed my eyes? Tell me, and I will restore it to you.”
- 2 Samuel 12:6Because he has done this thing and has shown no pity, he must pay for the lamb four times over.”
- Nehemiah 5:3Others were saying, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our homes to get grain during the famine.”
- Isaiah 58:6Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke?
- Luke 3:8Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.
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