Nehemiah 5:10,15
Nehemiah 5:10 New International Version (NIV)
I and my brothers and my men are also lending the people money and grain. But let us stop charging interest!
Nehemiah 5:15 New International Version (NIV)
But the earlier governors—those preceding me—placed a heavy burden on the people and took forty shekels of silver from them in addition to food and wine. Their assistants also lorded it over the people. But out of reverence for God I did not act like that.
Nehemiah 5:10 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
Moreover, I and my brothers and my servants are lending them money and grain. Let us abandon this exacting of interest.
Nehemiah 5:15 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
The former governors who were before me laid heavy burdens on the people and took from them for their daily ration forty shekels of silver. Even their servants lorded it over the people. But I did not do so, because of the fear of God.
Nehemiah 5:10 New King James Version (NKJV)
I also, with my brethren and my servants, am lending them money and grain. Please, let us stop this usury!
Nehemiah 5:15 New King James Version (NKJV)
But the former governors who were before me laid burdens on the people, and took from them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver. Yes, even their servants bore rule over the people, but I did not do so, because of the fear of God.
Nehemiah 5:10-11 The Message (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. Give them back their foreclosed fields, vineyards, olive groves, and homes right now. And forgive your claims on their money, grain, new wine, and olive oil.”
Nehemiah 5:14-16 The Message (MSG)
From the time King Artaxerxes appointed me as their governor in the land of Judah—from the twentieth to the thirty-second year of his reign, twelve years—neither I nor my brothers used the governor’s food allowance. Governors who had preceded me had oppressed the people by taxing them forty shekels of silver (about a pound) a day for food and wine while their underlings bullied the people unmercifully. But out of fear of God I did none of that. I had work to do; I worked on this wall. All my men were on the job to do the work. We didn’t have time to line our own pockets.
Nehemiah 5:10 King James Version (KJV)
I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.
Nehemiah 5:15 King James Version (KJV)
But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.
Nehemiah 5:10 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
And likewise I, my brothers and my servants are lending them money and grain. Please, let us leave off this usury.
Nehemiah 5:15 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
But the former governors who were before me laid burdens on the people and took from them bread and wine besides forty shekels of silver; even their servants domineered the people. But I did not do so because of the fear of God.
Nehemiah 5:10 New Century Version (NCV)
I, my brothers, and my men are also lending money and grain to the people. But stop charging them so much for this.
Nehemiah 5:15 New Century Version (NCV)
But the governors before me had placed a heavy load on the people. They took about one pound of silver from each person, along with food and wine. The governors’ helpers before me also controlled the people, but I did not do that, because I feared God.
Nehemiah 5:10 American Standard Version (ASV)
And I likewise, my brethren and my servants, do lend them money and grain. I pray you, let us leave off this usury.
Nehemiah 5:15 American Standard Version (ASV)
But the former governors that were before me were chargeable unto the people, and took of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.
Nehemiah 5:10 New International Version (NIV)
I and my brothers and my men are also lending the people money and grain. But let us stop charging interest!
Nehemiah 5:15 New International Version (NIV)
But the earlier governors—those preceding me—placed a heavy burden on the people and took forty shekels of silver from them in addition to food and wine. Their assistants also lorded it over the people. But out of reverence for God I did not act like that.
Nehemiah 5:10 New King James Version (NKJV)
I also, with my brethren and my servants, am lending them money and grain. Please, let us stop this usury!
Nehemiah 5:15 New King James Version (NKJV)
But the former governors who were before me laid burdens on the people, and took from them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver. Yes, even their servants bore rule over the people, but I did not do so, because of the fear of God.
Nehemiah 5:10 Amplified Bible (AMP)
And likewise I, my brothers, and my servants are lending them money and grain. Please, let us stop [charging] this interest. [Ex 22:25]
Nehemiah 5:15 Amplified Bible (AMP)
But the former governors who were [in office] before me put heavy burdens on the people and took food and wine from them in addition to forty shekels of silver [as an excessive monthly salary]; even their servants assumed authority over the people. But I did not do so because of the [reverent] fear of God.
Nehemiah 5:10 New Living Translation (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 charging interest.
Nehemiah 5:15 New Living Translation (NLT)
The former governors, in contrast, had laid heavy burdens on the people, demanding a daily ration of food and wine, besides forty pieces of silver. Even their assistants took advantage of the people. But because I feared God, I did not act that way.
Nehemiah 5:10 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
Moreover, I and my brothers and my servants are lending them money and grain. Let us abandon this exacting of interest.
Nehemiah 5:15 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
The former governors who were before me laid heavy burdens on the people and took from them for their daily ration forty shekels of silver. Even their servants lorded it over the people. But I did not do so, because of the fear of God.