And Shechani´ah the son of Jehi´el, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.
Nehemiah 13:27 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives? More versionsKing 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 Shechani´ah the son of Jehi´el, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.
should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping?
and if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.
In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:
For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike.