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, “We according to our ability have redeemed our Jewish brothers who were sold to the nations; now would you even sell your brothers that they may be sold to us?” Then they were silent and could not find a word to say. 9Again I said, “The thing which you are doing is not good; should you not walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the nations, our enemies? And likewise I, my brothers and my servants are lending them money and grain. Please, let us leave off this usury. 11Please, give back to them this very day their fields, their vineyards, their olive groves and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money and of the grain, the new wine and the oil that you are exacting from them.” 12Then they said, “We will give it back and will require nothing from them; we will do exactly as you say.” So I called the priests and took an oath from them that they would do according to this promise.

Nehemiah 5:10 word by word

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

• And likewiseגַּםgam · alsoH1571
• I, my brothersאָח'âch · brother: male-siblingH251
• and my servantsנַ֫עַרna‛ar · youthH5288
• are lendingנָשָׁהnâshâh · to lendH5383
• them moneyכֶּ֫סֶףkeseph · silver: moneyH3701
• and grainדָּגָןdâgân · grainH1715
• Pleaseנָאnâ' · pleaseH4994
• let us leaveעָזַב‛âzab · to leave: forsakeH5800
• off thisזֶהzeh · thisH2088
• usuryמַשָּׁאmashshâ' · interestH4855

Cross-references for Nehemiah 5:10

• Micah 2:1Woe to those who scheme iniquity, Who work out evil on their beds! When morning comes, they do it, For it is in the power of their hands.
• Luke 3:13And he said to them, “Collect no more than what you have been ordered to.”
• 1 Corinthians 9:12If others share the right over you, do we not more? Nevertheless, we did not use this right, but we endure all things so that we will cause no hindrance to the gospel of Christ.
• 2 Corinthians 5:11Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are made manifest to God; and I hope that we are made manifest also in your consciences.
• 2 Corinthians 6:1And working together with Him, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain--
• Philemon 1:8Therefore, though I have enough confidence in Christ to order you to do what is proper,
• Nehemiah 5:7I consulted with myself and contended with the nobles and the rulers and said to them, “You are exacting usury, each from his brother!” Therefore, I held a great assembly against them.
• Exodus 22:25“If you lend money to My people, to the poor among you, you are not to act as a creditor to him; you shall not charge him interest.
• Psalms 15:5He does not put out his money at interest, Nor does he take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.
• Ezekiel 18:8if he does not lend money on interest or take increase, if he keeps his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between man and man,

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