Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
"We will not give our daughters in marriage to the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons.
New American Standard Bible
and
King James Version
And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons:
Holman Bible
We will not give our daughters in marriage to the surrounding peoples and will not take their daughters as wives for our sons.
A Conservative Version
And that we would not give our daughters to the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons.
American Standard Version
and that we would not give our daughters unto the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons;
Amplified
and that we will not give our daughters [as wives] to the peoples of the land or take their daughters for our sons.
Bible in Basic English
And that we would not give our daughters to the peoples of the lands, or take their daughters for our sons;
Darby Translation
and that we would not give our daughters to the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons:
Julia Smith Translation
And that we will not give our daughters to the people of the land, and we will not take their daughters to our sons:
King James 2000
And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons:
Lexham Expanded Bible
We will not give our daughters to the peoples of the land nor take their daughters for our sons.
Modern King James verseion
And we swore that we would not give our daughters to the people of the land nor take their daughters for our sons.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and that we would not give our daughters unto the people in the land, neither to take their daughters for our sons.
NET Bible
"We will not give our daughters in marriage to the neighboring peoples, and we will not take their daughters in marriage for our sons.
New Heart English Bible
and that we would not give our daughters to the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons;
The Emphasized Bible
and that we would not give our daughters unto the peoples of the land, - and, their daughters, would we not take for our sons;
Webster
And that we would not give our daughters to the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons:
World English Bible
and that we would not give our daughters to the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons;
Youngs Literal Translation
and that we give not our daughters to the peoples of the land, and their daughters we take not to our sons;
Themes
Covenant » Instances of » Jews with each other, to serve God
Fellowship » Instances of those who avoided fellowship with the wicked » Nehemiah
Forsaking God » Resolve against
Marriage » Wives among the israelites must be israelites
Separation » In israel, of the physically unclean and diseased from the » Examples of
Interlinear
Nathan
Bath
Laqach
Word Count of 20 Translations in Nehemiah 10:30
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Summary Of The Covenant
29 joined with their relatives and their leaders. They entered into an oath enforced by a curse to walk in God's Law that was given through God's servant Moses, and to be careful to obey all of the commands of the LORD, our Lord, as well as his regulations and statutes: 30 "We will not give our daughters in marriage to the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons. 31 As for the people of the land who bring merchandise or grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we will not buy from them on the Sabbath or on any holy day. We will forego planting crops, and we will cancel debts during every seventh year."
Cross References
Exodus 34:16
"You are not to take any of their daughters for your sons. Otherwise, when their daughters prostitute themselves with their gods, they may cause your sons to prostitute themselves with their gods.
Deuteronomy 7:3
You are not to intermarry with them. You are not to give your daughters to their sons nor take their daughters for your sons,
Ezra 9:1-3
After these things occurred, certain officials approached me and said "The people of Israel, the priests, and the descendants of Levi have not separated themselves from the people of the lands or from the detestable behavior of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites,
Ezra 9:12-14
"The land you are entering to possess is a morally unclean land due to the moral uncleanness of the nations of the lands along with their abominations that has filled it from one end to the other with their impurities. So, therefore, do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons, nor marry their daughters to your sons, and under no circumstances are you to seek their well-being or their wealth, so that you may remain strong, enjoying the best things the land has to give, and so that you may establish an inheritance for your children forever.'
Ezra 10:10-12
Ezra the priest stood up and spoke to them, "You have sinned by marrying foreign wives, thereby increasing the transgressions of Israel.