In those days I also noticed that some Jewish men had married women from the countries of Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
Nehemiah 13:24 - Easy To Read Version And half of the children from those marriages didn’t know how to speak the Jewish language. Those children spoke the language of Ashdod, Ammon, or Moab. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 noticed that some Jewish men had married women from the countries of Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
So I told those men that they were wrong. I said bad things to them. I hit some of those men, and I pulled out their hair. I forced them to make a promise in God’s name. I said to them, “You must not marry the daughters of those people. Don’t let the daughters of those foreign people marry your sons. And don’t let your daughters marry the sons of those foreign people.
Then I will change people from other nations so they can speak the language clearly and call out the name of the Lord. They will all worship me together, shoulder to shoulder, as one people.