Nehemiah 13:27 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?”
Nehemiah 13:27 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Nehemiah 13:27 in 6 Bible Translations
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Nehemiah 13:27 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Shall we then listen to you to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God in marrying foreign women?””
Nehemiah 13:27 — World English Bible
Nehemiah 13:27 ASV — 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? ”
Nehemiah 13:27 — American Standard Version
Nehemiah 13:27 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And to you do we hearken to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God, to settle strange women?'”
Nehemiah 13:27 — Young's Literal Translation
Nehemiah 13:27 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And should we hearken to you to do all this great evil, to act unfaithfully to ourGod by marrying foreign wives? ”
Nehemiah 13:27 — Darby Translation
Nehemiah 13:27 GEN — 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?”
Nehemiah 13:27 — Geneva Bible
Nehemiah 13:27 in Context — Nehemiah 13
25 And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.
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.
27 Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?
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.
29 Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
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What Does Nehemiah 13:27 Mean?
Nehemiah 13:27 is a verse from the Book of Nehemiah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Nehemiah chapter 13. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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