Nehemiah 13:27

Intermarriage Forbidden

26Did not King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations, and he was loved by his God, who made him king over all Israel—yet foreign women drew him into sin.27Must 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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Berean Standard Bible
Must we now hear that you too are doing all this terrible evil and acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?”
American Standard Version (1901)
Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God in marrying foreign 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?
Douay-Rheims 1899
And shall we also be disobedient and do all this great evil to transgress against our God, and marry strange women?
Free Bible Version
So do we have to hear about you committing this dreadful sin, how you are being unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women?”
Geneva Bible 1599
Shall wee then obey vnto you, to doe all this great euil, and to transgresse against our God, euen to marry strange wiues?
King James (Authorized) Version
Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?
Translation for Translators
Do you think that we should do what you have done, and disobey our God by marrying foreign women who worship idols? [RHQ]”
Unlocked Literal Bible
Should we then listen to you and do all this great evil, and act treacherously against our God by marrying foreign women?”
Noah Webster Bible
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?”
Young's Literal Translation
And to you do we hearken to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God, to settle strange women?'