Nehemiah 13:27 — compare English translations
Compare translationsNehemiah 13:27 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וְלָכֶ֣ם
הֲנִשְׁמַ֗ע
shâmaʻ
H8085
to hear
לַעֲשֹׂת֙
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
אֵ֣ת
ʼêth
H853
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כָּל
kôl
H3605
all
הָרָעָ֤ה
raʻ
H7451
evil
הַגְּדוֹלָה֙
gâdôwl
H1419
great
הַזֹּ֔את
zôʼth
H2063
this
לִמְעֹ֖ל
mâʻal
H4603
to betray
בֵּֽאלֹהֵ֑ינוּ
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
לְהֹשִׁ֖יב
yâshab
H3427
to dwell
נָשִׁ֥ים
ʼishshâh
H802
woman
נָכְרִיּֽוֹת
nokrîy
H5237
foreign
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Shall we then listen to you to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God in marrying foreign women?
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King James Version Public Domain
Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Should we then listen to you, to do all this great evil, to act unfaithfully toward our God and give a dwelling to foreign women?”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).