And Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam, addressed Ezra: “We have broken faith with our God and have married foreign women from the peoples of the land, but even now there is hope for Israel in spite of this.
Nehemiah 13:27 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) Shall we then listen to you and do all this great evil and act treacherously against our God by marrying foreign women?” Flere versionerKing 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? |
And Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam, addressed Ezra: “We have broken faith with our God and have married foreign women from the peoples of the land, but even now there is hope for Israel in spite of this.
shall we break thy commandments again and intermarry with the peoples who practice these abominations? Wouldst thou not be angry with us till thou wouldst consume us, so that there should be no remnant, nor any to escape?
and if the peoples of the land bring in wares or any grain on the sabbath day to sell, we will not buy from them on the sabbath or on a holy day; and we will forego the crops of the seventh year and the exaction of every debt.
In those days also I saw the Jews who had married women of Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab;
Who would listen to you in this matter? For as his share is who goes down into the battle, so shall his share be who stays by the baggage; they shall share alike.”