Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, responded to Ezra, ‘We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the surrounding peoples, but there is still hope for Israel in spite of this.
Nehemiah 13:27 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Why then should we hear about you doing all this terrible evil and acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women? ’ Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Shall we then listen to you to do all this great evil and act treacherously against our God by marrying strange (heathen) women? American Standard Version (1901) Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God in marrying foreign women? Common English Bible Should we then listen to you and do all this great evil, acting unfaithfully toward our God by marrying foreign women?” Catholic Public Domain Version So how could we disobey and do all this great evil, so that we would transgress against our God, and take foreign wives?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And shall we also be disobedient and do all this great evil: to transgress against our God, and marry strange women? |
Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, responded to Ezra, ‘We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the surrounding peoples, but there is still hope for Israel in spite of this.
should we break your commands again and intermarry with the peoples who commit these detestable practices? Wouldn’t you become so angry with us that you would destroy us, leaving neither remnant nor survivor?
When the surrounding peoples bring merchandise or any kind of grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we will not buy from them on the Sabbath or a holy day. We will also leave the land uncultivated in the seventh year and will cancel every debt.
In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
Who can agree to your proposal? The share of the one who goes into battle is to be the same as the share of the one who remains with the supplies. They will share equally.’