Nehemiah 5:10

Nehemiah 5:10 in other versions

• 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.
• 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!
• English Standard Version (ESV)Moreover, I and my brothers and my servants are lending them money and grain. Let us abandon this exacting of interest.
• 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!

Context of Nehemiah 5:10

8I said to them all, ‘When our own Jewish people have become slaves of foreign people, we have tried hard to buy them back. But now you are making your own people sell their children to you. And you want us to pay you to buy them back again!’ The Jewish leaders kept quiet. They had nothing to say. 9Then I said to them, ‘You are doing something that is completely wrong. Instead, you should obey God and live in a good way. Then the foreign people who are our enemies will not have a chance to insult us. I myself have agreed to lend poor people money and food. My family and my friends have done the same thing. But we must not make those poor people pay back more to us. 11Now you must give back to them their fields, their vineyards, their gardens of olive trees and their houses. Do not make them pay any extra money for the money, food, wine or olive oil that you lent to them.’ 12The leaders replied, ‘We will give everything back to them. We will not make them pay back their debts to us. We will do everything that you have said.’ I told the priests to come to our meeting. While they were with us, I made the Jewish leaders and officers make a strong promise. They agreed to do what they had promised to do.

Nehemiah 5:10 word by word

וְגַם־אֲנִי֙ אַחַ֣י וּנְעָרַ֔י נֹשִׁ֥ים בָּהֶ֖ם כֶּ֣סֶף וְדָגָ֑ן נַֽעַזְבָה־נָּ֖א אֶת־הַמַּשָּׁ֥א הַזֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• my brethrenאָח'âch · brother: male-siblingH251
• and my servantsנַ֫עַרna‛ar · youthH5288
• might exactנָשָׁהnâshâh · to lendH5383
• of them moneyכֶּ֫סֶףkeseph · silver: moneyH3701
• and cornדָּגָןdâgân · grainH1715
• I pray you, let us leave offעָזַב‛âzab · to leave: forsakeH5800
• this usuryמַשָּׁאmashshâ' · interestH4855

Cross-references for Nehemiah 5:10

• Micah 2:1Micah continues: People who prepare to do bad things should be afraid. God will do bad things to them! While they lie in bed, they think about bad things to do. Then, when the morning comes, they do those bad things. They have the authority to do whatever they want to do.
• Luke 3:13John told them, ‘You must take the right amount of money from people. You must not take more money than the rules say you should take.’
• 1 Corinthians 9:12You agree to help other people who teach God's message to you. So surely we should receive even more help from you! But Barnabas and I have not used our authority to make you help us like that. Instead, we accept all these difficult things patiently. We want the good news about Christ to go everywhere. We do not want to do anything that might stop it.
• 2 Corinthians 5:11We know that the Lord will judge us, so we are careful to obey him. Because of that, we tell God's message to people. We want them to believe in God. And God himself knows that we try to do what is right. I hope that you know that also, when you think about it.
• 2 Corinthians 6:1So, as we work together with God, we tell you to be careful. Remember that God has been very kind and he has forgiven you. Do not waste that!
• Philemon 1:8I want to ask you to do something. I am sure that Christ has given me authority. So I could tell you strongly what you should do.
• Nehemiah 5:7I thought carefully about what they had said. Then I said to the Jewish leaders and officers, ‘You are cheating your own people! You are taking back more money than you have lent to them.’ I told the Jews to come together for a big meeting.
• Exodus 22:25You may lend money to any of my people who need help. But do not ask them to pay back more money than you have lent to them. That is what traders in money do.
• Psalms 15:5He lends his money to help other people, and he does not ask for more money in return. He does not accept a bribe, to speak against people who have done nothing wrong. People who live in this way will always be safe.
• Ezekiel 18:8He does not lend money to someone and then ask to receive more money back. He refuses to do anything that is wrong. He helps people in a way that is right and fair.

Commentaries on Nehemiah 5:10

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10I … might exact - Nehemiah had lent, but not upon pledge.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-13Verses 6-13 Nehemiah knew that, if he built Jerusalem's walls ever so high, so thick, or so strong, the city could not be safe while there were abuses. The right way to reform men's lives, is to convince their consciences. If you walk in the fear of God, you will not be either covetous of worldly gain, or cruel toward your brethren. Nothing exposes religion more to reproach, than the worldliness and hard-heartedness of the professors of it. Those that…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10I...have been lending: Nehemiah and his associates made loans without burdening people. Nehemiah’s example was to give financial help without causing more debt by charging interest (see Deuteronomy 15:7–11).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-196-12. I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words--When such disorders came to the knowledge of the governor, his honest indignation was roused against the perpetrators of the evil. Having summoned a public assembly, he denounced their conduct in terms of just severity. He contrasted it with his own in redeeming with his money some of the Jewish exiles who, through debt or otherwise, had lost their personal liberty in Babylon. He urged the…Read the comment

Topics related to Nehemiah 5:10

• Beneficence
• Borrowing
• Country
• Covetousness
• Creditor
• Example
• Interest
• Kindness
• Lending
• Love
• Money
• Poor
• Repentance
• Reproof
• Rich, the
• Usury

In the dictionaries

• Jubilee
• Shake
• Usury
• Bank; Banking
• Cupbearer
• Exact
• Interest
• Lend, Loan
• Malachi
• Salvation

Commentaries on Nehemiah 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings