Nehemiah 13:27
Modern Translations
New International Version
Must we hear now that you too are doing all this terrible wickedness and are being unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women?"

New Living Translation
How could you even think of committing this sinful deed and acting unfaithfully toward God by marrying foreign women?”

English Standard Version
Shall we then listen to you and do all this great evil and act treacherously against our God by marrying foreign women?”

Berean Study Bible
Must we now hear that you too are doing all this terrible evil and acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?”

New American Standard Bible
Has it not then been reported about you that you have committed all this great evil by acting unfaithfully against our God, by marrying foreign women?”

NASB 1995
"Do we then hear about you that you have committed all this great evil by acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?"

NASB 1977
“Do we then hear about you that you have committed all this great evil by acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?”

Amplified Bible
Do we then hear about you that you have done all this great evil, acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign (pagan) women?”

Christian Standard Bible
Why then should we hear about you doing all this terrible evil and acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women? ”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Why then should we hear about you doing all this terrible evil and acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?"

Contemporary English Version
So we will obey you and not rebel against our God by marrying foreign women.

Good News Translation
Are we then to follow your example and disobey our God by marrying foreign women?"

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

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?"
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?

New King James Version
Should we then hear of your doing all this great evil, transgressing against our God by marrying pagan women?”

King James 2000 Bible
Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying foreign 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?"

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

American King James Version
Shall we then listen to you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?

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

A Faithful Version
Shall we then hearken to you, to do all this great evil, to sin against our God in marrying foreign women?"

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

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

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

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Shall wee then obey vnto you, to doe all this great euil, and to transgresse against our God, euen to marry strange wiues?

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Shall we then obey vnto you to do al this great euyll, and to transgresse against our God, and marie straunge wyues?
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And do we listen to you to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God, to settle strange 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?'

Smith's Literal Translation
And to you shall we hear to do all this great evil to transgress against our God to cause strange women to dwell.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And shall we also be disobedient and do all this great evil to transgress against our God, and marry strange women?

Catholic Public Domain Version
So how could we disobey and do all this great evil, so that we would transgress against our God, and take foreign wives?”

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And the word was made heard to you, and you did this great evil to deny our God and to marry foreign women.”

Lamsa Bible
And this thing was reported to you, and yet you committed this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying foreign wives.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to break faith with our God in marrying foreign women?'

Brenton Septuagint Translation
So we will not hearken to you to do all this evil, to break covenant with our God, - to marry strange wives.
















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