Ezra 9:2 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.”
Ezra 9:2 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ezra 9:2 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ezra 9:2 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy offspring have mixed themselves with the peoples of the lands. Yes, the hand of the princes and rulers has been chief in this trespass.””
Ezra 9:2 — World English Bible
Ezra 9:2 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the peoples of the lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass. ”
Ezra 9:2 — American Standard Version
Ezra 9:2 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“for they have taken of their daughters to them, and to their sons, and the holy seed have mingled themselves among the peoples of the lands, and the hand of the heads and of the seconds have been first in this trespass.'”
Ezra 9:2 — Young's Literal Translation
Ezra 9:2 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“for they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons, and have mingled the holy seed with the peoples of the lands; and the hand of the princes and rulers has been chief in this unfaithfulness. ”
Ezra 9:2 — Darby Translation
Ezra 9:2 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For they haue taken their daughters to theselues, and to their sonnes, and they haue mixed the holy seede with the people of the landes, and the hande of the princes and rulers hath bene chiefe in this trespasse.”
Ezra 9:2 — Geneva Bible
Ezra 9:2 in Context — Ezra 9
1 Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
2 For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.
3 And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.
4 Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice.
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What Does Ezra 9:2 Mean?
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