Ezra 10:44
42 Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph.
43 And from the descendants of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel, and Benaiah.
All these men had married foreign women, and some of them had children by these wives.
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- BSB
- All these men had married foreign women, and some of them had children by these wives.
- KJV
- All these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by whom they had children.
- WEB
- All these had taken foreign wives. Some of them had wives by whom they had children.
- ASV
- All these had taken foreign wives; and some of them had wives by whom they had children.
- DARBY
- All these had taken foreign wives; and there were among them wives who had had children.
- BLB
- All these had taken foreign wives, and were from them women, and they bore sons.
- ÅB
- Alle disse hadde tatt fremmede kvinner til hustruer, og blant dem var det noen som hadde fått barn.
- OTB
- Alle disse hadde giftet seg med utenlandske kvinner, og noen av dem hadde barn med disse konene.
- B1930
- Alle disse hadde tatt fremmede kvinner til hustruer, og blandt dem var det nogen som hadde fått barn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 2:16
It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
Read in contextEzra 10:3
So now let us make a covenant before our God to send away all the foreign wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done according to the Law.
Read in contextProverbs 5:3
Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,
Read in contextProverbs 5:20
Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?
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