Nehemiah 13:27 Parallel Translations

Should we follow your example, commit such a serious crime against our God, and be unfaithful to him by marrying non-Israelite women?"(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?

ASV:

Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God in marrying foreign women?

BBE:

Are we then without protest to let you do all this great evil, sinning against our God by taking strange women for your wives?

DBY:

And should we hearken to you to do all this great evil, to act unfaithfully to our God by marrying foreign wives?

ERV:

Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God in marrying strange women?

JPS:

Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to break faith with our God in marrying foreign women?'

WBS:

Shall we then hearken to you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying foreign wives?

WEB:

Shall we then listen to you to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God in marrying foreign women?

YLT:

And to you do we hearken to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God, to settle strange women?'

Nehemiah 13:27 Cross References

XREF:

Ezra 10:2 Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, said to Ezra, "We have been unfaithful to our God and have married foreign women from the peoples of the land; yet now there is hope for Israel in spite of this.

Nehemiah 13:23 In those days I also saw that the Jews had married women from Ashdod, Ammon and Moab. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

MHC:

13:23-31 If either parent be ungodly, corrupt nature will incline the children to take after that one; which is a strong reason why Christians should not be unequally yoked. In the education of children, great care should be taken about the government of their tongues; that they learn not the language of Ashdod, no impious or impure talk, no corrupt communication. Nehemiah showed the evil of these marriages. Some, more obstinate than the rest, he smote, that is, ordered them to be beaten by the officers according to the law, De 25:2,3. Here are Nehemiah's prayers on this occasion He prays, Remember them, O my God. Lord, convince and convert them; put them in mind of what they should be and do. The best services to the public have been forgotten by those for whom they were done, therefore Nehemiah refers himself to God, to recompense him. This may well be the summary of our petitions; we need no more to make us happy than this; Remember me, O my God, for good. We may humbly hope that the Lord will remember us and our services, although, after lives of unwearied activity and usefulness, we shall still see cause to abhor ourselves and repent in dust and ashes, and to cry out with Nehemiah, Spare me, O my God, according to the greatness of they mercy.

CONC:

Act Acting Break Committed Evil Faith Foreign Hearken Listen Marrying Protest Settle Sinning Strange Taking Transgress Treacherously Trespass Unfaithful Unfaithfully Wickedness Wives Women

Act Acting Break Committed Evil Faith Foreign Great Hear Hearken Marrying Protest Settle Sinning Strange Terrible Transgress Treacherously Trespass Unfaithful Unfaithfully Wickedness Wives Women

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