Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Are we then without protest to let you do all this great evil, sinning against our God by taking strange women for your wives?
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?
Holman Bible
Why then should we hear about you doing all this terrible evil and acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?”
International Standard Version
Should we listen to you and do all of this terrible evil by transgressing against our God to marry foreign wives?"
A Conservative Version
Shall we then hearken to you to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God in marrying foreign women?
American Standard Version
Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God in marrying foreign women?
Amplified
Do we then hear about you that you have done all this great evil, acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign (pagan) women?”
Darby Translation
And should we hearken to you to do all this great evil, to act unfaithfully to our God by marrying foreign wives?
Julia Smith Translation
And to you shall we hear to do all this great evil to transgress against our God to cause strange women to dwell.
King James 2000
Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying foreign wives?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Should we listen to you all and do this great evil, acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?"
Modern King James verseion
Shall we then listen to you, to do all this great evil, to sin against our God in living with foreign women?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And shall we then obey unto you, to do all this great evil, and to transgress against our God, and marry strange wives?"
NET Bible
Should we then in your case hear that you do all this great evil, thereby being unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign wives?"
New Heart English Bible
Shall we then listen to you to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God in marrying foreign women?"
The Emphasized Bible
Unto you, then, shall we hearken, to do all this great wickedness, to act unfaithfully with our God, - by marrying foreign wives?
Webster
Shall we then hearken to you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying foreign wives?
World English Bible
Shall we then listen to you to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God in marrying foreign women?"
Youngs Literal Translation
And to you do we hearken to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God, to settle strange women?'
Themes
Alliance and society with the enemies of God » Persons in authority should denounce
the Ammonites » The jews reprobated for intermarrying with
Marriage » Wives among the israelites must be israelites
Marriage » The reward for marrying idolaters
Topics
Interlinear
Shama`
Gadowl
Ra`
'elohiym
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Nehemiah 13:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
Mixed Marriages Are Condemned
26 Was it not in these things that Solomon, king of Israel, did wrong? among a number of nations there was no king like him, and he was dear to his God, and God made him king over all Israel: but even he was made to do evil by strange women. 27 Are we then without protest to let you do all this great evil, sinning against our God by taking strange women for your wives? 28 And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib, the chief priest, was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite: so I sent him away from me.
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Names
Cross References
Ezra 10:2
And Shecaniah, the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answering, said to Ezra, We have done evil against our God, and have taken as our wives strange women of the peoples of the land: but still there is hope for Israel in this question.
1 Samuel 30:24
Who is going to give any attention to you in this question? for an equal part will be given to him who went to the fight and to him who was waiting by the goods: they are all to have the same.