Parallel Verses
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 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?"
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 because of things like these that King Solomon of Israel sinned? Among the many nations there was no king like him. He was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel. But the foreign wives made even him sin! 27 Should we then in your case hear that you do all this great evil, thereby being unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign wives?" 28 Now one of the sons of Joiada son of Eliashib the high priest was a son-in-law of Sanballat the Horonite. So I banished him from my sight.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Ezra 10:2
Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, from the descendants of Elam, addressed Ezra: "We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the local peoples. Nonetheless, there is still hope for Israel in this regard.
1 Samuel 30:24
Who will listen to you in this matter? The portion of the one who went down into the battle will be the same as the portion of the one who remained with the equipment! Let their portions be the same!"