In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
Nehemiah 13:24 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or the language of one of the other peoples but could not speak Hebrew. , Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak the Hebrew, but in the language of each people. American Standard Version (1901) and their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews’ language, but according to the language of each people. Common English Bible Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or the language of various peoples; they couldn’t speak the language of Judah. Catholic Public Domain Version And their sons spoke partly in the speech of Ashdod, and they did not know how to speak the Jewish language, and they were speaking according to the language of one people or another. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And their children spoke half in the speech of Azotus, and could not speak the Jews' language; but they spoke according to the language of this and that people. |
In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
I rebuked them, cursed them, beat some of their men, and pulled out their hair. I forced them to take an oath before God and said, ‘You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters as wives for your sons or yourselves!
For I will then restore pure speech to the peoples so that all of them may call on the name of the Lord and serve him with a single purpose.