Nehemiah 5:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards. ”

Nehemiah 5:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The king’s tribute - The tax payable to the Persian monarch (compare Ezra 4:13 ; Esther 10:1 ). In ancient times, heavy taxation was often productive of debt and distress.
Nehemiah 5:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's (c) tribute, [and that upon] our lands and vineyards. (c) To pay our tribute to the king of the Persians, which was exacted yearly fr...
Nehemiah 5:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Distress among the Jews. Neither this nor the next section, Nehemiah 5:14-19 (the two belong closely together) can be in their right place. Nehemiah 5:1-13 deals with the economic straits to wh...
Nehemiah 5:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards. We have borrowed money - This should be read, We have borrowed money for the king's...
Nehemiah 5:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live. No JFB commentary on these verses.
Nehemiah 5:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah's Measures in alleviation of Poverty 1. The people] i.e. the commons (as contrasted with the nobles and rulers, Nehemiah 5:7 ). These had neglected their own interests to labour gratuito...
Nehemiah 5:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute. — Literally, we have made our fields and vineyards answerable for the payment of the Persian tribute. They had pledged the coming produce.
Nehemiah 5:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

USURY Nehemiah 5:1-19 WE open the fifth chapter of Nehemiah with a shock of pain. The previous chapter described a scene of patriotic devotion in which nearly all the people were united for the...
Nehemiah 5:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Securing Justice for the Poor Nehemiah 5:1-19 The prospects of the poor people among the returned exiles were deplorable. There had been deficient rains and poor harvests, Haggai 1:6-11 . They...
Nehemiah 5:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

A new difficulty now presented itself. This time it arose among the people themselves. The rich among them exacted usury from their poorer brethren to such an extent as to oppress and impoverish them...
Nehemiah 5:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) В¶ And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. (2) For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn f...
Nehemiah 5:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

There were also that said ,.... Who though they were able to buy corn for their families without mortgaging their estates: yet, say they, we have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that up...
Nehemiah 5:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, [and that upon] our lands and vineyards. Ver. 4. There were also that said ] Here was a third complaint to good Nehemiah;...
Nehemiah 5:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

We have borrowed money for the king's tribute Which was laid upon them all, Ezra 4:13 ; Ezra 7:24 . Houbigant renders the last part of this verse, for the king's tribute on our lands and vineyar...
Nehemiah 5:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE GREED OF RULERS REBUKED (vv. 1-13) At a time when many were laboring unselfishly for the Lord, it is distressing to hear that others, and in fact those who were nobles and rulers, were guilt...
Nehemiah 5:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Complaints of the Poor. B. C. 445. 1 And there was a great cry of the people and of...
Nehemiah 5:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The kings tribute was laid upon them all. See Ezra 4:13 , Ezra 7:24
Nehemiah 5:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Problems Facing The Poorer People ( Nehemiah 5:1-5 ). The three examples that follow are representative of a whole range of problems rather than being specific, but underlying them are the pro...
Nehemiah 5:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

EXPLANATORY NOTES.] Nehemiah 5:1 . Against their brethren ] i. e. the richer portion ( Nehemiah 5:7 ). Nehemiah 5:2-4 . There were that said ] Keil divides into three classes. ( a ) The wor...
Nehemiah 5:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 5:3 . Because of the dearth, specially inflicted by reason of the people's wickedness, after their return from Babylon. See more on Haggai 1:9 . Nehemiah 5:5 . We bring into bondage o...
Nehemiah 5:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

And there was a great cry of the people. The friend of the poor I. The complaint of the poor. It is sometimes alleged the poor have a morbid disposition to complain of their indigence and suffe...
Nehemiah 5:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION INTERNAL DIFFICULTIES , AND NEHEMIAH 'S MODE OF MEETING THEM ( Nehemiah 5:1-16 ). While the building of the wall was in progress, but not, so far as it is stated, in dir...
Nehemiah 5:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Complaint of the People Adjusted by Nehemiah
Nehemiah 5:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 9:21 ; Deuteronomy 28:47 ; Deuteronomy 28:48 ; Ezra 4:13 ; Ezra 4:20 ; Joshua 16:10 ; Nehemiah 9:37

Nehemiah 5:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Nehemiah 5:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Nehemiah 5:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 5:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Nehemiah 5:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Nehemiah 5:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 5:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Nehemiah 5:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Nehemiah 5:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Nehemiah 5:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Nehemiah 5:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Nehemiah 5:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Nehemiah 5:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Nehemiah 5:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 5:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 5:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Nehemiah 5:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Nehemiah 5:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 5:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Nehemiah 5:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 5:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Nehemiah 5:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Nehemiah 5:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Nehemiah 5:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge