Nehemiah 13:27
Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?
Nehemiah 13:27 in other translations
| BSB | Must we now hear that you too are doing all this terrible evil and acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?” |
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| WEB | Shall we then listen to you to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God in marrying foreign women?” |
| ASV | Shall we then hearken unto 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?' |
| DARBY | And should we hearken to you to do all this great evil, to act unfaithfully to our God by marrying foreign wives? |
| 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? |
| Webster | Shall we then hearken to you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying foreign wives? |
What does Nehemiah 13:27 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Nehemiah 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…
Nehemiah 13:27 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Nehemiah 13:27
- Ezra 10:2
And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.
- 1 Samuel 30:24
For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike.
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Context
- Nehemiah 13:26
Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.
- Nehemiah 13:27
Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?
- Nehemiah 13:28
And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.
Nehemiah 13:27 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¿Y obedeceremos á vosotros para cometer todo este mal tan grande de prevaricar contra nuestro Dios, tomando mujeres extranjeras? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et vous écouterions-nous pour faire tout ce grand mal, pour être infidèles à notre Dieu en prenant des femmes étrangères? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und sollten wir auf euch hören, daß ihr all dieses große Übel tut, treulos zu handeln gegen unseren Gott, indem ihr fremde Weiber heimführet! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Numquid et nos inobedientes faciemus omne malum grande hoc ut prævaricemur in Deo nostro, et ducamus uxores peregrinas? |