Ezra 9:12

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

So now, do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons. Do not seek their peace or prosperity forever, so that you may be strong, eat the good things of the land, and leave it to your children as an inheritance forever.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Now therefore do not give your daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth forever, that you may be strong and eat the good of the land, and leave it as an inheritance to your children forever.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their prosperity for ever; that you may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your sons for ever.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Therfore shal ye not geue youre doughters vnto their sonnes, and their doughters shall ye not take vnto youre sonnes, and seke not their peace and welth for euer, that ye maye be stronge, and enioye the good in the londe, and yt ye and youre children maye haue the inheritaunce of it for euermore.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Now therfore shal ye not giue your daughters vnto their sonnes, neither shall ye take their daughters vnto your sonnes, nor seeke their peace nor wealth for euer, that yee may be strong and eate the goodnes of the lande, and leaue it for an inheritance to your sonnes for euer.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Therfore shal ye not geue your daughters vnto their sonnes, and their daughters shall ye not take vnto your sonnes, nor seke their peace and wealth for euer: that ye may be strong and enioy the goodnesse of the lande, and that ye and your children may haue the inheritaunce of it for euermore.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave [it] for an inheritance to your children for ever.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    now therefore don't give your daughters to their sons, neither take their daughters to your sons, nor seek their peace or their prosperity forever; that you may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children forever.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and now, your daughters ye do not give to their sons, and their daughters ye do not take to your sons, and ye do not seek their peace, and their good -- unto the age, so that ye are strong, and have eaten the good of the land, and given possession to your sons unto the age.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their prosperity for ever; that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their prosperity for ever; that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    So now do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or do anything for their peace or well-being for ever; so that you may be strong, living on the good of the land, and handing it on to your children for a heritage for ever.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Now therefore don't give your daughters to their sons, neither take their daughters to your sons, nor seek their peace or their prosperity forever; that you may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children forever.'

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Therefore do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons, and do not take their daughters in marriage for your sons. Do not ever seek their peace or welfare, so that you may be strong and may eat the good of the land and may leave it as an inheritance for your children forever.’

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 13:22 : 22 A good person leaves an inheritance for their grandchildren, but the sinner's wealth is stored up for the righteous.
  • Deut 7:3 : 3 Do not intermarry with them: do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,
  • Deut 23:6 : 6 But the LORD your God was not willing to listen to Balaam and turned his curse into a blessing because the LORD your God loves you.
  • Josh 1:6-9 : 6 Be strong and courageous, for you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their ancestors to give them. 7 Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to obey all the law that my servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left so that you may be successful wherever you go. 8 Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips. Meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will prosper and succeed in all you do. 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
  • 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 Chr 19:2 : 2 Jehu, the son of Hanani the seer, went out to meet King Jehoshaphat and said to him, 'Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the LORD’s wrath is upon you.'
  • Ezra 9:2 : 2 They 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.
  • Ps 112:1-2 : 1 Praise the LORD! How blessed is the man who fears the LORD and greatly delights in His commandments. 2 His descendants will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.
  • Gen 18:18-19 : 18 Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and through him all nations of the earth will be blessed. 19 For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, so that the LORD will bring about for Abraham what He has promised him.
  • Exod 23:32 : 32 Do not make a covenant with them or with their gods.
  • Exod 34:15-16 : 15 Be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat from their sacrifices. 16 And when you take some of their daughters as wives for your sons, their daughters will lead your sons to prostitute themselves to their gods.
  • Deut 6:1-2 : 1 These are the commandments, statutes, and judgments that the LORD your God commanded to teach you to carry out in the land you are about to cross into and possess. 2 So that you may fear the LORD your God by keeping all His statutes and commandments that I am commanding you today—you, your children, and your grandchildren—all the days of your life, and so your days may be prolonged.
  • Prov 20:7 : 7 The righteous person walks in their integrity; blessed are their children after them.
  • Isa 1:19 : 19 If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land.
  • 2 John 1:10-11 : 10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or greet him. 11 For the one who greets him shares in his wicked works.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 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.

  • 3Do not intermarry with them: do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,

  • 6Take wives and have sons and daughters. Find wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage so they may have sons and daughters. Multiply there, and do not decrease.

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    15Be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat from their sacrifices.

    16And when you take some of their daughters as wives for your sons, their daughters will lead your sons to prostitute themselves to their gods.

  • Ezra 9:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    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.

  • 12But 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,

  • Jer 16:2-3
    2 verses
    75%

    2You are not to marry or have sons or daughters in this place.

    3For this is what the LORD says about the sons and daughters born in this place, as well as their mothers who bear them and their fathers who father them in this land:

  • 6But the LORD your God was not willing to listen to Balaam and turned his curse into a blessing because the LORD your God loves you.

  • 29Do not degrade your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will become filled with wickedness.

  • 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.'

  • 11'that you commanded through your servants the prophets, saying: "The land you are entering to possess is a land defiled by the practices of its peoples and their detestable acts that have filled it with impurity from one end to the other."'

  • 9Make marriages with us: give your daughters to us and take our daughters for yourselves.

  • 8'Every daughter who inherits land from the tribes of Israel must marry within a clan of her father’s tribe, so that every Israelite may retain the inheritance of their ancestors.'

  • 8Now, in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of the LORD, and in the hearing of our God, observe and seek all the commandments of the LORD your God so that you may possess this good land and leave it as an inheritance for your descendants forever.

  • 32Your sons and daughters will be given to another people while you watch with longing eyes all day, but you will be powerless to act.

  • 6They took the daughters of these peoples as wives for themselves, gave their own daughters to the sons of these peoples, and worshiped their gods.

  • 21"These men are at peace with us. Let them dwell in the land and trade in it, for the land is spacious enough for them. Let us take their daughters as wives, and let us give them our daughters.

  • 25Do not eat it, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right in the eyes of the Lord.

  • 19'But your wives, children, and livestock—I know you have much livestock—may stay in the towns I have given you.'

  • 9When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not learn to imitate the detestable practices of those nations.

  • 16Then we will give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters for ourselves; we will dwell among you and become one people.

  • 12Be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, or they will become a snare in your midst.

  • 11'This also is yours: the contributions and wave offerings presented by the Israelites. I give these to you, your sons, and your daughters with you as a perpetual ordinance. Everyone in your household who is ceremonially clean may eat of it.'

  • 9If he has no daughter, give his inheritance to his brothers.

  • 41You will have sons and daughters, but they will not remain with you, because they will go into captivity.

  • 9For you have not yet come into the resting place and the inheritance that the Lord your God is giving you.

  • 55He will not share with any of them the flesh of his children that he is eating, because he has nothing else during the suffering and siege that your enemy will inflict on all your cities.

  • 18'But we cannot give them wives from our own daughters, for we have sworn with a curse that anyone who gives a wife to Benjamin will be cursed.'

  • 9If he designates her for his son, he must grant her the rights of a daughter.

  • 17Therefore, this is what the Lord says: 'Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, your sons and daughters will fall by the sword, your land will be divided up with a measuring line, and you yourself will die in a polluted land. Israel will surely go into exile away from their homeland.'

  • 9All of you are standing today before the LORD your God—your leaders, your tribes, your elders, your officers, every man of Israel.

  • 9And so that you may live long in the land the LORD swore to give to your ancestors and their descendants—a land flowing with milk and honey.

  • 3Do not give your strength to women or your ways to those who destroy kings.

  • 27but as a witness between us and you and the generations that follow, that we will worship the LORD at His sanctuary with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and fellowship offerings.’ Then in the future, your descendants will not be able to say to ours, ‘You have no share in the LORD.’

  • 9This is why our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons, daughters, and wives are in captivity today.

  • 10Do not have sexual relations with your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, for that would dishonor yourself.

  • 7'You must not build houses, sow seed, plant vineyards, or own any of these things, but instead, live in tents all your days so that you may live long in the land where you sojourn.'

  • 3I want you to swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not choose a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living.

  • 17Let them be yours alone, and not for strangers with you.

  • 7'What can we do for the survivors to provide wives, since we have sworn by the LORD not to give them our daughters?'

  • 31You must not worship the Lord your God in their way, because they practice for their gods every abomination that the Lord hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods.