Parallel Verses
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?
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?”
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?
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?"
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, over these things, that Solomon king of Israel sinned - though, among many nations, there was no king such as he, and he was, beloved by his God, and so God gave him to be king over all Israel, - even him, did foreign women, cause to sin. 27 Unto you, then, shall we hearken, to do all this great wickedness, to act unfaithfully with our God, - by marrying foreign wives? 28 And, one of the sons of Joiada, son of Eliashib the high priest, was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite, - therefore I chased him from me.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Ezra 10:2
Then responded Shecaniah son of Jehiel of the sons of Elam, and said unto Ezra, We, have been faithful with our God, and have married foreign women from among the peoples of the land, - yet, now, there is hope for Israel concerning this thing.
1 Samuel 30:24
Who indeed, could hearken unto you, in this mutter? Surely, like the share of him that went down into the battle, even, so, shall be the share of him that remained by the stores - alike, shall they share.