Nehemiah 13:25

KJV1611 – Modern English

So I contended with them and cursed them, struck some of them and pulled out their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, You shall not give your daughters as wives to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons or yourselves.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    So 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.'

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And I contended{H7378} with them, and cursed{H7043} them, and smote{H5221} certain{H582} of them, and plucked off their hair,{H4803} and made them swear{H7650} by God,{H430} [saying], Ye shall not give{H5414} your daughters{H1323} unto their sons,{H1121} nor take{H5375} their daughters{H1323} for your sons,{H1121} or for yourselves.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And I contended{H7378}{(H8799)} with them, and cursed{H7043}{(H8762)} them, and smote{H5221}{(H8686)} certain{H582} of them, and plucked off their hair{H4803}{(H8799)}, and made them swear{H7650}{(H8686)} by God{H430}, saying, Ye shall not give{H5414}{(H8799)} your daughters{H1323} unto their sons{H1121}, nor take{H5375}{(H8799)} their daughters{H1323} unto your sons{H1121}, or for yourselves.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And I reproued them, and cursed them, & smote certayne men of the, and plucte them vp, and toke an ooth of them by God: Ye shal not geue youre daughters vnto their sonnes, nether shal ye take their daughters vnto youre sonnes, or for youre selues.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Then I reprooued them, & cursed them, and smote certaine of them, and pulled off their heare, and tooke an othe of them by God, Yee shall not giue your daughters vnto their sonnes, neither shall ye take of their daughters vnto your sonnes, nor for your selues.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Then I reproued them, and cursed them, and smote certayne men of them, and made them bare: and toke an oth of them by God, Ye shall not geue your daughters vnto their sonnes, neither shall ye take their daughters vnto your sonnes, or for your selues.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, [saying], Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    I contended with them, and cursed them, and struck certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, [saying], You shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons, or for yourselves.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And I strive with them, and declare them vile, and smite certain of them, and pluck off their hair, and cause them to swear by God, `Ye do not give your daughters to their sons, nor do ye take of their daughters to your sons, and to yourselves.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, `saying', Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons, or for yourselves.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, [saying], Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons, or for yourselves.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And I took up the cause against them, cursing them and giving blows to some of them and pulling out their hair; and I made them take an oath by God, saying, You are not to give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    I contended with them, and cursed them, and struck certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, [saying], "You shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons, or for yourselves.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    So I entered a complaint with them. I called down a curse on them, and I struck some of the men and pulled out their hair. I had them swear by God saying,“You will not marry off your daughters to their sons, and you will not take any of their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves!

Referenced Verses

  • Ezra 10:5 : 5 Then Ezra arose and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel swear that they would do according to this word. And they swore.
  • Neh 10:29-30 : 29 They joined with their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and His judgments and His statutes; 30 And that we would not give our daughters to the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons:
  • Neh 13:17 : 17 Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, What evil thing is this that you are doing, profaning the Sabbath day?
  • Neh 13:11 : 11 So I contended with the rulers, and said, Why has the house of God been forsaken? And I gathered them together and placed them in their stations.
  • Neh 5:13 : 13 I also shook out the fold of my garment and said, So may God shake out every man from his house and from his labor who does not keep this promise. Even so may he be shaken out and emptied. And all the assembly said, Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did according to this promise.
  • Exod 34:16 : 16 And you take their daughters for your sons, and their daughters go whoring after their gods, and make your sons go whoring after their gods.
  • Deut 6:13 : 13 You shall fear the LORD your God and serve him, and shall swear by his name.
  • Deut 7:3 : 3 Neither shall you make marriages with them; your daughter you shall not give to his son, nor his daughter shall you take for your son.
  • Deut 25:2-3 : 2 And it shall be, if the wicked man deserves to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down and be beaten in his presence, according to his fault, by a number of strokes. 3 Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed; lest, if he should exceed and beat him with many more stripes, then your brother should appear vile to you.
  • Deut 27:14-26 : 14 And the Levites shall speak, and say to all the men of Israel with a loud voice, 15 Cursed be the man that makes any graven or molten image, an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and puts it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen. 16 Cursed be he who dishonors his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. 17 Cursed be he who removes his neighbor's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen. 18 Cursed be he who makes the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen. 19 Cursed be he who perverts the judgment of the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow. And all the people shall say, Amen. 20 Cursed be he who lies with his father's wife; because he uncovers his father's bed. And all the people shall say, Amen. 21 Cursed be he who lies with any kind of animal. And all the people shall say, Amen. 22 Cursed be he who lies with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. 23 Cursed be he who lies with his mother-in-law. And all the people shall say, Amen. 24 Cursed be he who strikes his neighbor secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen. 25 Cursed be he who takes a bribe to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen. 26 Cursed be he who does not confirm all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.
  • 2 Chr 15:12-15 : 12 And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul; 13 That whoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman. 14 And they swore to the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets. 15 And all Judah rejoiced at the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought Him with their whole desire; and He was found by them: and the LORD gave them rest all around.
  • Ezra 7:26 : 26 And whoever will not do the law of your God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be to death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
  • Ps 15:4 : 4 In whose eyes a vile person is despised; but he honors those who fear the LORD. He who swears to his own hurt, and does not change.
  • Prov 28:4 : 4 Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law contend with them.
  • Isa 50:6 : 6 I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to those that plucked off the hair: I did not hide my face from shame and spitting.
  • Luke 11:45-46 : 45 Then one of the lawyers answered and said to him, Teacher, by saying this you reproach us also. 46 And he said, Woe to you also, lawyers! for you load men with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.

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  • Neh 13:23-24
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    23 In those days I also saw Jews who had married women of Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab;

    24 and their children spoke half in the language of Ashdod, and could not speak the language of Judah, but spoke according to the language of each people.

  • Neh 10:29-30
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    29 They joined with their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and His judgments and His statutes;

    30 And that we would not give our daughters to the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons:

  • Ezra 9:1-3
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    1 Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even those of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

    2 For they have taken some of their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed has mingled with the peoples of those lands. Indeed, the hand of the princes and rulers has been chief in this trespass.

    3 And when I heard this thing, I tore my garment and my mantle, and pulled out the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonished.

  • 12 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.

  • Neh 13:26-28
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    26 Did not King Solomon of Israel sin by these things? Yet among many nations there was no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel; nevertheless, pagan women caused even him to sin.

    27 Shall we then listen to you to do all this great evil, transgressing against our God by marrying pagan women?

    28 And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was a son-in-law of Sanballat the Horonite; therefore, I drove him from me.

  • 3 Neither shall you make marriages with them; your daughter you shall not give to his son, nor his daughter shall you take for your son.

  • 16 And you take their daughters for your sons, and their daughters go whoring after their gods, and make your sons go whoring after their gods.

  • 18 However, we cannot give them wives from our daughters, for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that gives a wife to Benjamin.

  • 1 Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, None of us shall give his daughter to Benjamin as a wife.

  • 6 And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.

  • 7 What shall we do for wives for those who remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them our daughters as wives?

  • 44 All these had taken foreign wives, and some of them had wives by whom they had children.

  • Ezra 10:2-3
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    2 And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said to Ezra, We have sinned against our God and have taken foreign wives from the peoples of the land, yet now there is hope for Israel in this matter.

    3 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.

  • 17 Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, What evil thing is this that you are doing, profaning the Sabbath day?

  • 14 Let our leaders of the entire assembly stand, and let all those in our cities who have taken foreign wives come at appointed times, together with the elders and judges of each city, until the fierce wrath of our God concerning this matter is turned away from us.

  • 24 and my wrath shall grow hot, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives shall be widows and your children fatherless.

  • 16 Then will we give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.

  • Neh 5:6-9
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    6 And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.

    7 Then I consulted with myself and rebuked the nobles and rulers, and said to them, You are charging interest, each one from his brother. And I called a great assembly against them.

    8 And I said to them, According to our ability, we have redeemed our fellow Jews who were sold to the nations; and will you even sell your brethren, or should they be sold to us? Then they were silent and found nothing to answer.

    9 Also I said, What you are doing is not good. Should you not walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the nations, our enemies?

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    10 And Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, You have transgressed and have taken foreign wives, adding to the guilt of Israel.

    11 Now therefore 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 wives.

  • 11 So I contended with the rulers, and said, Why has the house of God been forsaken? And I gathered them together and placed them in their stations.

  • 12 Then they said, We will restore them, and will require nothing from them; we will do as you say. Then I called the priests and required an oath from them that they would do according to this promise.

  • 12 Otherwise, if you do at all turn back, and join to the remnant of these nations, even those that remain among you, and make marriages with them, and go in to them, and they to you:

  • 21 Then I warned them, and said to them, Why do you spend the night around the wall? If you do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time on they came no more on the Sabbath.

  • 19 They gave their promise that they would put away their wives. Being guilty, they presented a ram of the flock for their guilt offering.

  • 11 Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.

  • 25 And I will set my jealousy against you, and they shall deal furiously with you: they shall take away your nose and your ears; and your remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall take your sons and your daughters; and your residue shall be devoured by the fire.

  • 2 You shall not take a wife for yourself, nor shall you have sons or daughters in this place.

  • 3 and I will make you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell.

  • 10 And now you purpose to keep the children of Judah and Jerusalem as bondmen and bondwomen for yourselves, but are there not with you sins against the LORD your God?

  • 37 Now my master made me swear, saying, 'You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell;

  • 9 And make marriages with us, and give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.

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

  • 19 But all the leaders said to all the congregation, We have sworn to them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.

  • 13 And said to them, You shall not bring the captives here, for whereas we have offended against the LORD already, you intend to add more to our sins and to our trespass, for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.

  • 17 They caused their sons and daughters to pass through the fire, practiced divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

  • 27 Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over you, and have diminished your ordinary food, and delivered you to the will of those that hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who are ashamed of your lewd way.