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Ezra 10:2

And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.

KJV

Et respondit Sechenias filius Jehiel de filiis Ælam, et dixit Esdræ : Nos prævaricati sumus in Deum nostrum, et duximus uxores alienigenas de populis terræ : et nunc, si est pœnitentia in Israël super hoc,

Vulgate

καὶ ἀπεκρίθη Σεχενίας υἱὸς Ἰεὴλ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Ἠλὰμ καὶ εἶπεν τῷ Ἔσρᾳ Ἡμεῖς ἠσυνθετήσαμεν τῷ θεῷ ἡμῶν καὶ ἐκαθίσαμεν γυναῖκας ἀλλοτρίας ἀπὸ λαῶν τῆς γῆς· καὶ νῦν ἐστὶν ὑπομονὴ τῷ Ἰσραὴλ ἐπὶ τούτῳ.

LXX

And Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land: yet now there is hope for Israel concerning this thing.

ASV

וַ/יַּעַן֩ שְׁכַנְיָ֨ה בֶן יְחִיאֵ֜ל מִ/בְּנֵ֤י עולם עֵילָם֙ וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר לְ/עֶזְרָ֔א אֲנַ֨חְנוּ֙ מָעַ֣לְנוּ בֵ/אלֹהֵ֔י/נוּ וַ/נֹּ֛שֶׁב נָשִׁ֥ים נָכְרִיּ֖וֹת מֵ/עַמֵּ֣י הָ/אָ֑רֶץ וְ/עַתָּ֛ה יֵשׁ מִקְוֶ֥ה לְ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עַל זֹֽאת

Hebrew

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In this verse

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In the original Hebrew

21 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲנַ֣חְנוּ
'nchnv
pronoun · 120×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
זֹּ֔את
z't
pronoun · 604×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יֶשׁ
ysh
pronoun · 137×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
יחִיאֵ֣ל
ychy'l
proper_noun · 15×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
מִקְוֵ֥ה
mqvh
noun · 12×
מָֽעֲלוּ
m'lv
verb · 35×
נִי
ny
verb · 325×
נָכְרִיָּֽה
nkryh
adjective · 46×
עֵילָ֣ם
'ylm
noun · 30×
עֶזְרָ֣א
'zr'
proper_noun · 22×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
עַתָּ֗ה
'th
adverb · 433×
שְׁכַנְיָ֖ה
shknyh
proper_noun · 10×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Exod 18:24 — So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.
  • Exod 34:12 — Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:
  • Ezra 9:2 — 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 be
  • Ezra 9:2 — 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 be
  • Ezra 10:26 — And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah.
  • Jer 3:12 — Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will
  • Mal 2:10 — Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
  • Neh 2:17 — Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a
  • Neh 13:27 — Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?
  • Neh 13:27 — Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?