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Ezra 10:44

42 Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph.

43 Of the sons of Nebo; Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, and Joel, Benaiah.

All these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by whom they had children.
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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.

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  • Proverbs 2:16

    To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

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  • Ezra 10:3

    Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.

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  • Proverbs 5:3

    For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

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  • Proverbs 5:20

    And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

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