Ezra 10:2 - The Scriptures 1998

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² And Shecaniah [II] son of Jehiel [one of the congregation], of the sons of Elam, said to Ezra: We have broken faith and dealt treacherously against our God and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land; yet now there is still hope for Israel in spite of this thing.

American Standard Version (1901)

² And Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land: yet now there is hope for Israel concerning this thing.

Common English Bible

² Then Shecaniah, Jehiel’s son, from the family of Elam, spoke up and said to Ezra, “We’ve been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the neighboring peoples. But even now, there is hope for Israel in spite of this.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² And Shecaniah, the son of Jehiel, from the sons of Elam, responded and said to Ezra: "We have sinned against our God, and have taken foreign wives from the peoples of the land. And now, if there is repentance within Israel over this,

Ezra 10:2 Cross References

Ezra 10:26

and of the sons of Ě

Ezra 2:31

sons of the other Ě

Ezra 2:7

sons of Ě

Ezra 8:7

and of the sons of Ě

Ezra 9:1

And when these matters had been done, the leaders came to me, saying, “The people of Yisra’ĕ

Ezra 9:2

for they have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the set-apart seed is intermingled with the peoples of those lands. And the hand of the leaders and rulers has been foremost in this trespass.”

Nehemiah 13:27

“Should we then hear of your doing all this great evil, trespassing against our Elohim by marrying foreign wives?”

Nehemiah 3:29

After them Tsaḏ

Nehemiah 7:12

sons of Ě

Nehemiah 7:34

sons of the other Ě

Exodus 34:12

“Guard yourself, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it be a snare in your midst.

Proverbs 28:13

He who hides his transgressions does not prosper, But he who confesses and forsakes them finds compassion.

James 2:9

but if you show partiality, you commit sin, being found guilty by the Torah as transgressors.