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, “To the extent possible we have bought back our fellow Jews who had been sold to the Gentiles. But now you yourselves want to sell your own countrymen, so that we can then buy them back!” They were utterly silent, and could find nothing to say. 9Then I said, “The thing that you are doing is wrong! Should you not conduct yourselves in the fear of our God in order to avoid the reproach of the Gentiles who are our enemies? Even I and my relatives and my associates are lending them money and grain. But let us abandon this practice of seizing collateral! 11This very day return to them their fields, their vineyards, their olive trees, and their houses, along with the interest that you are exacting from them on the money, the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil.” 12They replied, “We will return these things, and we will no longer demand anything from them. We will do just as you say.” Then I called the priests and made the wealthy and the officials swear to do what had been promised.

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 2:1Those who devise sinful plans are as good as dead, those who dream about doing evil as they lie in bed. As soon as morning dawns they carry out their plans, because they have the power to do so.
• Luke 3:13He told them, “Collect no more than you are required to.”
• 1 Corinthians 9:12If others receive this right from you, are we not more deserving? But we have not made use of this right. Instead we endure everything so that we may not be a hindrance to the gospel of Christ.
• 2 Corinthians 5:11Therefore, because we know the fear of the Lord, we try to persuade people, but we are well known to God, and I hope we are well known to your consciences too.
• 2 Corinthians 6:1Now because we are fellow workers, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain.
• Philemon 1:8So, although I have quite a lot of confidence in Christ and could command you to do what is proper,
• Nehemiah 5:7I considered these things carefully and then registered a complaint with the wealthy and the officials. I said to them, “Each one of you is seizing the collateral from your own countrymen!” Because of them I called for a great public assembly.
• Exodus 22:25“If you lend money to any of my people who are needy among you, do not be like a moneylender to him; do not charge him interest.
• Psalms 15:5He does not charge interest when he lends his money. He does not take bribes to testify against the innocent. The one who lives like this will never be upended.
• Ezekiel 18:8does not engage in usury or charge interest, but refrains from wrongdoing, promotes true justice between men,

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