Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsShall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God in marrying foreign women?
Must we now hear that you too are doing all this terrible evil and acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?”
And to you do we hearken to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God, to settle strange women?'
And should we hearken to you to do all this great evil, to act unfaithfully to ourGod by marrying foreign wives?
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentNehemiah — The walls rebuilt in fifty-two days; the covenant renewed; the reforms enacted and then re-enacted when Nehemiah returns to find them slipping. A book about civic and spiritual reconstruction side by side.
- Author
- Nehemiah (chs. 1–7, 11–13 largely first-person memoir); Ezra-material probably compiled alongside
- Date
- Events 445–432 BC; final compilation late-5th century BC