Nehemiah 5:10

10 I and my brothers and my men are also lending the people money and grain. But let us stop charging interest!

Nehemiah 5:10 in Other Translations

10 I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.

10 Moreover, I and my brothers and my servants are lending them money and grain. Let us abandon this exacting of interest.

10 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.

10 "I and my brothers and the people working for me have also loaned them money. But this gouging them with interest has to stop.

10 Even I, as well as my brothers and my servants, have been lending them money and grain. Please, let us stop charging this interest.

Nehemiah 5:10 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 5:10

I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of
them money and corn
For our maintenance, in consideration of the services done by us, which would appear but reasonable, but this we decline for the sake of easing our poor brethren:

I pray you let us leave off this usury;
and not exact it, as has been too much and too long used.

Nehemiah 5:10 In-Context

8 and said: “As far as possible, we have bought back our fellow Jews who were sold to the Gentiles. Now you are selling your own people, only for them to be sold back to us!” They kept quiet, because they could find nothing to say.

9 So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our Gentile enemies?

10 I and my brothers and my men are also lending the people money and grain. But let us stop charging interest!

11 Give back to them immediately their fields, vineyards, olive groves and houses, and also the interest you are charging them—one percent of the money, grain, new wine and olive oil.”

12 “We will give it back,” they said. “And we will not demand anything more from them. We will do as you say.” Then I summoned the priests and made the nobles and officials take an oath to do what they had promised.

Cross References

• 1. S Exodus 22:25