Nehemiah 13:27
Bible › Nehemiah › Chapter 13 › Verse 27
Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?Must we now hear that you too are doing all this terrible evil and acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?”
In other translations
Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?Must we now hear that you too are doing all this terrible evil and acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?”
Hebrew words
וְלָכֶםvelakhemand to youהֲנִשְׁמַעhanishma'¿ is it heardH8085לַעֲשֹׂתla'asotto doH6213אֵת'et<obj.>H853כָּל־kol-allH3605הָרָעָהhara'ahthe evilH7451הַגְּדוֹלָהhagedolah<the> greatH1419הַזֹּאתhazot<the> thisH2063לִמְעֹלlim'olto act unfaithfullyH4603בֵּאלֹהֵינוּbeloheinuagainst God ourH430לְהֹשִׁיבlehoshivby marryingH3427נָשִׁיםnashimwivesH802נָכְרִיּוֹת׃nakheriyotforeignH5237
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Ezra 10:2And 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.Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, said to Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the people of the land, yet in spite of this, there is hope for Israel.
- 1 Samuel 30:24For 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.Who will listen to your proposal? The share of the one who went to battle will match the share of the one who stayed with the supplies. They will share alike.”
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