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 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.

Context of Nehemiah 5:10

8And I said to them, “According to our ability we have redeemed our Jewish brethren who were sold to the nations. Now indeed, will you even sell your brethren? Or should they be sold to us?” Then they were silenced and found nothing to say. 9Then I said, “What 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? I also, with my brethren and my servants, am lending them money and grain. Please, let us stop this usury! 11Restore now to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their olive groves, and their houses, also a hundredth of the money and the grain, the new wine and the oil, that you have charged them.” 12So they said, “We will restore it, and will require nothing from them; we will do as you say.” Then I called the priests, and required 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

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 2:1Woe to those who devise iniquity, And work out evil on their beds! At morning light they practice it, Because it is in the power of their hand.
• Luke 3:13And he said to them, “Collect no more than what is appointed for you.”
• 1 Corinthians 9:12If others are partakers of this right over you, are we not even more? Nevertheless we have not used this right, but endure all things lest we hinder the gospel of Christ.
• 2 Corinthians 5:11Knowing, therefore, the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are well known to God, and I also trust are well known in your consciences.
• 2 Corinthians 6:1We then, as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain.
• Philemon 1:8Therefore, though I might be very bold in Christ to command you what is fitting,
• Nehemiah 5:7After serious thought, I rebuked the nobles and rulers, and said to them, “Each of you is exacting usury from his brother.” So I called a great assembly against them.
• Exodus 22:25“If you lend money to any of My people who are poor among you, you shall not be like a moneylender to him; you shall not charge him interest.
• Psalms 15:5He who does not put out his money at usury, Nor does he take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.
• Ezekiel 18:8If he has not exacted usury Nor taken any increase, But has withdrawn his hand from iniquity And executed true judgment 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