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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 been chief in this trespass.

KJV

tulerunt enim de filiabus eorum sibi et filiis suis, et commiscuerunt semen sanctum cum populis terrarum : manus etiam principum et magistratuum fuit in transgressione hac prima.

Vulgate

ὅτι ἐλάβοσαν ἀπὸ θυγατέρων αὐτῶν αὐτοῖς καὶ τοῖς υἱοῖς αὐτῶν, καὶ παρήχθη σπέρμα τὸ ἅγιον ἐν λαοῖς τῶν γαιῶν, καὶ χεὶρ τῶν ἀρχόντων ἐν τῇ ἀσυνθεσίᾳ ταύτῃ.

LXX

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.

ASV

כִּֽי נָשְׂא֣וּ מִ/בְּנֹֽתֵי/הֶ֗ם לָ/הֶם֙ וְ/לִ/בְנֵי/הֶ֔ם וְ/הִתְעָֽרְבוּ֙ זֶ֣רַע הַ/קֹּ֔דֶשׁ בְּ/עַמֵּ֖י הָ/אֲרָצ֑וֹת וְ/יַ֧ד הַ/שָּׂרִ֣ים וְ/הַ/סְּגָנִ֗ים הָֽיְתָ֛ה בַּ/מַּ֥עַל הַ/זֶּ֖ה רִאשׁוֹנָֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
בַּת
bt
noun · 585×
וֹ
v
noun · 226×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יִּשְׂא֥וּ
ysh'v
verb · 652×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
ם
m
noun · 27×
סְּגָנִ֗ים
sgnym
noun · 17×
עָ֣רַב
'rb
verb · 23×
קֹּ֑דֶשׁ
qdsh
noun · 463×
רִאשׁ֔וֹן
r'shvn
adjective · 180×
שָׂרֵ֣י
shry
noun · 420×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 7:14 — For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.
  • 2Cor 6:14 — Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
  • Deut 7:1 — When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanit
  • Deut 7:6 — For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
  • Deut 14:2 — For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
  • Exod 19:6 — And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
  • Exod 22:31 — And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.
  • Exod 34:16 — And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.
  • Exod 34:16 — And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.
  • Ezra 9:14 — Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant n
  • 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 hop
  • 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 hop
  • Ezra 10:18 — And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken strange wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.
  • Isa 6:13 — But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance
  • Mal 2:11 — Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange
  • Mal 2:15 — And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife
  • Neh 9:2 — And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
  • Neh 13:3 — Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.
  • Neh 13:23 — In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:
  • Num 23:9 — For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.