Ezra 10:44
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“All these men had married foreign women, and some of them had children by these wives.”
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“All these men had married foreign women, and some of them had children by these wives.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“All these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by whom they had children.”
King James Version · Public Domain“All these had taken foreign wives; and some of them had wives by whom they had children.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“all these have taken strange women, and there are of them women--who adopt sons.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezra 10:44 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezra 9:2Indeed, the Israelites have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the people of the land. And the leaders and officials have taken the lead in this unfaithfulness!”
- Ezra 10:3So 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.
- Proverbs 2:16It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
- Proverbs 5:3Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,
- Proverbs 5:20Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?
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