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Nehemiah 13:27

Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?

KJV

Numquid et nos inobedientes faciemus omne malum grande hoc ut prævaricemur in Deo nostro, et ducamus uxores peregrinas ?

Vulgate

καὶ ὑμῶν μὴ ἀκουσόμεθα ποιῆσαι πᾶσαν πονηρίαν ταύτην, ἀσυνθετῆσαι ἐν τῷ θεῷ ἡμῶν, καθίσαι γυναῖκας ἀλλοτρίας.

LXX

Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God in marrying foreign women?

ASV

וְ/לָ/כֶ֣ם הֲ/נִשְׁמַ֗ע לַ/עֲשֹׂת֙ אֵ֣ת כָּל הָ/רָעָ֤ה הַ/גְּדוֹלָה֙ הַ/זֹּ֔את לִ/מְעֹ֖ל בֵּֽ/אלֹהֵ֑י/נוּ לְ/הֹשִׁ֖יב נָשִׁ֥ים נָכְרִיּֽוֹת

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
גָּד֖וֹל
gdvl
verb · 528×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
זֹּ֔את
z't
pronoun · 604×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מָֽעֲלוּ
m'lv
verb · 35×
נָכְרִיָּֽה
nkryh
adjective · 46×
רָ֑ע
r'
verb · 664×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 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