Ezra 10:3

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

So now, let us make a covenant with our God to send away all these women and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done in accordance with the Law.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Therefore, let us make a covenant with our God to put away all these wives and their children, according to the advice of my lord and those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done according to the law.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    therfore let vs make a couenaut now with oure God, that we shal put awaye all the wyues (and soch as are borne of them) acordynge to the councell of ye LORDE, and of them that feare the commaundement of oure God, yt we maye do acordynge to the lawe.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Now therfore let vs make a couenant with our God, to put away all the wiues (and such as are borne of them) according to the counsell of the Lord, and of those that feare the commandements of our God, and let it be done according to the Lawe.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For nowe we will make a couenaunt with our God, and put away all the wiues and such as are borne of them, according to the counsel of the Lorde: and we wil be in the feare of the commaundementes of our God, that we may do according to the lawe.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    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 who tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and now, let us make a covenant with our God, to cause all the women to go out, and that which is born of them, by the counsel of the Lord, and of those trembling at the command of our God, and according to law it is done;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Let us now make an agreement with our God to put away all the wives and all their children, if it seems right to my lord and to those who go in fear of the words of our God; and let it be done in keeping with the law.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    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 who tremble at the commandment of our God. Let it be done according to the law.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Therefore let us enact a covenant with our God to send away all these women and their offspring, in keeping with your counsel, my lord, and that of those who respect the commandments of our God. And let it be done according to the law.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 7:2-3 : 2 and when the LORD your God delivers them over to you and you defeat them, you must devote them to complete destruction. Do not make a covenant with them or show them any mercy. 3 Do not intermarry with them: do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,
  • Ezra 9:4 : 4 Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel because of this unfaithfulness of the exiles gathered around me as I sat there appalled until the evening sacrifice.
  • Ezra 10:44 : 44 All these had married foreign women, and some of them had even fathered children by them.
  • Neh 8:14 : 14 They found written in the Law, which the LORD had commanded through Moses, that the Israelites were to dwell in booths during the festival of the seventh month.
  • Neh 10:29-39 : 29 The rest of the people—the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to follow the Law of God, along with their wives, sons, and daughters, all who could understand— 30 joined together with their relatives and nobles, committing themselves with a curse and an oath to follow the Law of God, given through Moses, the servant of God, and to obey carefully all the commands, regulations, and decrees of the LORD our Lord. 31 They pledged not to give their daughters in marriage to the peoples of the land or to take their daughters for their sons. 32 We also pledged not to buy the merchandise or any grain that the peoples of the land brought to sell on the Sabbath or on any holy day. We agreed to let the land rest during the seventh year and cancel every debt. 33 We took on ourselves the obligation to give a third of a shekel each year for the service of the house of our God. 34 This includes the bread of the Presence, the regular grain offerings, and burnt offerings for the Sabbaths, the New Moons, and the appointed feasts, as well as the holy offerings, sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and all the work of the house of our God. 35 We cast lots to determine when our families—the priests, Levites, and the people—would bring wood to the house of our God at appointed times each year, to burn on the altar of the LORD our God as it is written in the Law. 36 We also pledged to bring the firstfruits of our ground and the firstfruits of all fruit from every tree, year by year, to the house of the LORD. 37 We agreed to bring the firstborn of our sons and of our livestock, as written in the Law, and the firstborn of our herds and flocks to the house of our God, to the priests ministering there. 38 We will also bring the first of our dough, our contributions, the fruit of all our trees, our new wine, and oil to the priests, to the storerooms of the house of our God. Additionally, we will bring a tithe of our land to the Levites, for they collect the tithes in all the towns where we work. 39 A priest, a descendant of Aaron, will accompany the Levites when they collect the tithes, and they will bring a tenth of the collected tithes to the storerooms of the house of our God, to the treasury.
  • Neh 13:1-3 : 1 On that day, the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people, and it was found written in it that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God. 2 This was because they had not met the Israelites with bread and water but had hired Balaam to curse them—yet our God turned the curse into a blessing. 3 When they heard the Law, they separated all those of foreign descent from Israel.
  • Ps 119:59 : 59 I have considered my ways and turned my steps to Your testimonies.
  • Ps 119:120 : 120 My flesh trembles in fear of You, and I stand in awe of Your judgments.
  • Isa 8:20 : 20 To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
  • Isa 66:2 : 2 My hand made all these things, and so all these came into being,' declares the Lord. 'But I will look to this one: to the humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.
  • Ezek 9:4 : 4 The LORD said to him, 'Pass through the city, through Jerusalem, and mark a sign on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the detestable things being done within it.'
  • 1 Cor 7:12-13 : 12 To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her. 13 And if a woman has a husband who is an unbeliever and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him.
  • Deut 29:12 : 12 He is confirming you today as His people, and He will be your God, just as He promised you and swore to your ancestors—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
  • Josh 9:6 : 6 They went to Joshua at the camp at Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel: “We have come from a distant land; now make a treaty with us.”
  • Josh 23:12-13 : 12 But if you turn away and ally yourselves with the survivors of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry with them and associate with them, 13 then you can be certain that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become snares and traps for you, whips on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land the LORD your God has given you.
  • 2 Kgs 11:17 : 17 Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD, the king, and the people, so that they would be the LORD's people. He also made a covenant between the king and the people.
  • 2 Chr 29:10 : 10 Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, so that His fierce anger may turn away from us.
  • 2 Chr 30:12 : 12 In Judah also, the hand of God was at work to give them one heart to obey the command of the king and the officials, in accordance with the word of the LORD.
  • 2 Chr 34:21 : 21 "Go and inquire of the LORD for me and for those remaining in Israel and Judah about the words of this scroll that has been found. For great is the LORD's wrath that is poured out on us because our ancestors did not obey the words of the LORD by following everything written in this scroll."
  • 2 Chr 34:27 : 27 Because your heart was responsive and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and its inhabitants, and because you tore your clothes and wept in My presence, I have heard you,' declares the LORD.
  • 2 Chr 34:31-32 : 31 The king stood in his place and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD, to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of the covenant written in this book. 32 He had everyone in Jerusalem and Benjamin pledge themselves to it. So the inhabitants of Jerusalem acted according to the covenant of God, the God of their ancestors.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ezra 10:7-19
    13 verses
    85%

    7A proclamation was then issued throughout Judah and Jerusalem for all the exiles to assemble in Jerusalem.

    8Anyone who failed to appear within three days in accordance with the decision of the leaders and elders would have all his property confiscated and would be excluded from the assembly of the exiles.

    9So, within three days, all the men of Judah and Benjamin had gathered in Jerusalem. It was the twentieth day of the ninth month, and all the people sat in the square before the house of God, trembling because of the matter and because of the heavy rain.

    10Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, "You have been unfaithful; you have married foreign women, adding to Israel's guilt.

    11Now make confession to the Lord, the God of your fathers, and do His will. Separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from the foreign women.

    12The whole assembly responded with a loud voice, "You are right! We must do as you say.

    13But there are many people here, and it is the rainy season, so we cannot stand outside. This matter cannot be resolved in a day or two because we have sinned greatly in this matter.

    14Let our leaders act on behalf of the entire assembly. Then let all those in our towns who have married foreign women come at appointed times, along with the elders and judges of each town, until the fierce anger of our God regarding this matter is turned away from us.

    15But Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah opposed this, supported by Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite.

    16So the exiles did as proposed. Ezra the priest selected men who were heads of families, each identified by name, to investigate the matter; they convened on the first day of the tenth month to begin their investigation.

    17By the first day of the first month, they had finished dealing with all the men who had married foreign women.

    18Among the descendants of the priests, the following were found to have married foreign women: From the descendants of Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brothers, Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.

    19They gave their hands in pledge to put away their wives, and for their guilt they offered a ram from the flock as a guilt offering.

  • Ezra 10:1-2
    2 verses
    83%

    1While Ezra was praying and confessing, weeping, and falling facedown in front of the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him, because the people were weeping bitterly.

    2Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, said to Ezra, "We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the peoples around us. But even now there is hope for Israel regarding this.

  • Neh 13:27-30
    4 verses
    81%

    27Must we then hear about you committing all this terrible evil, acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?

    28Even one of the sons of Joiada, son of Eliashib the high priest, was a son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite, so I drove him away from me.

    29Remember them, my God, for defiling the priesthood and breaking the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.

    30Thus I purified them from everything foreign and assigned duties to the priests and Levites, each to his task.

  • Ezra 10:4-5
    2 verses
    78%

    4Arise, for this matter is your responsibility. We are with you, so take courage and act.

    5Then Ezra arose and made the leaders of the priests, Levites, and all Israel take an oath to do what had been said. So they took the oath.

  • Neh 10:28-30
    3 verses
    77%

    28Malluch, Harim, and Baanah.

    29The rest of the people—the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to follow the Law of God, along with their wives, sons, and daughters, all who could understand—

    30joined together with their relatives and nobles, committing themselves with a curse and an oath to follow the Law of God, given through Moses, the servant of God, and to obey carefully all the commands, regulations, and decrees of the LORD our Lord.

  • 2 Chr 29:10
    76%

    10Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, so that His fierce anger may turn away from us.

  • Ezra 9:10
    74%

    10'But now, our God, what can we say after this? For we have forsaken the commandments'

  • Ezra 7:23-26
    4 verses
    73%

    23Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven must be carried out diligently for the house of the God of heaven, so that there may not be wrath against the kingdom of the king and his sons.

    24Furthermore, we notify you that it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, tax, or toll on any of the priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, temple servants, or other workers in this house of God.

    25And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God that is in your hand, are to appoint judges and magistrates who can judge all the people in the region beyond the River—all those who know the laws of your God. And for anyone who does not know them, you shall teach them.

    26Anyone who does not obey the law of your God and the law of the king shall face judgment promptly, whether it be death, banishment, confiscation of property, or imprisonment.

  • Ezra 9:14
    73%

    14shall we again break your commandments and intermarry with the peoples who commit these abominations? Would you not become so angry with us that you would destroy us completely, leaving no remnant or survivor?

  • Ezra 7:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    10For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the Lord, to observe it, and to teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel.

    11This is a copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, a scribe skilled in the commandments of the Lord and His statutes for Israel:

  • Ezra 9:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1When these things were completed, the officials approached me and said, 'The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not separated themselves from the surrounding peoples and their detestable practices, like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.'

    2They have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, and they have mingled the holy seed with the peoples of the lands. Furthermore, the leaders and officials have been foremost in this unfaithfulness.

  • Ezra 7:21
    72%

    21And I, King Artaxerxes, hereby issue a command to all the treasurers of the region beyond the river: Whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, may request of you, it must be done promptly,

  • Neh 13:3
    72%

    3When they heard the Law, they separated all those of foreign descent from Israel.

  • Ezra 10:44
    72%

    44All these had married foreign women, and some of them had even fathered children by them.

  • Neh 13:25
    71%

    25So I confronted them, cursed them, struck some of them, pulled out their hair, and made them swear by God: 'You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or yourselves.'

  • Neh 10:32
    71%

    32We also pledged not to buy the merchandise or any grain that the peoples of the land brought to sell on the Sabbath or on any holy day. We agreed to let the land rest during the seventh year and cancel every debt.

  • Neh 13:23
    71%

    23Additionally, in those days I saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.

  • Neh 5:12
    70%

    12'We will give it back,' they responded, 'and we will not demand anything more from them. We will do as you say.' Then I summoned the priests and made the nobles and officials take an oath to do what they had promised.

  • Ezra 7:13
    70%

    13I issue a decree that any willing person from the people of Israel, including the priests and Levites in my kingdom, may go with you to Jerusalem.

  • Ezra 4:3
    70%

    3But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of the families of Israel said to them, "You have no part with us in building a temple to our God. We alone will build it for the LORD, the God of Israel, as King Cyrus, king of Persia, has commanded us."