Nehemiah 13:8,25
Nehemiah 13:6-9 The Message (MSG)
When this was going on I wasn’t there in Jerusalem; in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon, I had traveled back to the king. But later I asked for his permission to leave again. I arrived in Jerusalem and learned of the wrong that Eliashib had done in turning over to him a room in the courts of The Temple of God. I was angry, really angry, and threw everything in the room out into the street, all of Tobiah’s stuff. Then I ordered that they ceremonially cleanse the room. Only then did I put back the worship vessels of The Temple of God, along with the Grain-Offerings and the incense.
Nehemiah 13:23-27 The Message (MSG)
Also in those days I saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab. Half the children couldn’t even speak the language of Judah; all they knew was the language of Ashdod or some other tongue. So I took those men to task, gave them a piece of my mind, even slapped some of them and jerked them by the hair. I made them swear to God: “Don’t marry your daughters to their sons; and don’t let their daughters marry your sons—and don’t you yourselves marry them! Didn’t Solomon the king of Israel sin because of women just like these? Even though there was no king quite like him, and God loved him and made him king over all Israel, foreign women were his downfall. Do you call this obedience—engaging in this extensive evil, showing yourselves faithless to God by marrying foreign wives?”
Nehemiah 13:8 King James Version (KJV)
And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber.
Nehemiah 13:25 King James Version (KJV)
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.
Nehemiah 13:8 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
It was very displeasing to me, so I threw all of Tobiah’s household goods out of the room.
Nehemiah 13:25 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
So I contended with them and cursed them and struck some of them and pulled out their hair, and made them swear by God, “You shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take of their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.
Nehemiah 13:8 New Century Version (NCV)
I was very upset at this, so I threw all of Tobiah’s goods out of the room.
Nehemiah 13:25 New Century Version (NCV)
I argued with those people, put curses on them, hit some of them, and pulled out their hair. I forced them to make a promise to God, saying, “Do not let your daughters marry the sons of foreigners, and do not take the daughters of foreigners as wives for your sons or yourselves.
Nehemiah 13:8 American Standard Version (ASV)
And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber.
Nehemiah 13:25 American Standard Version (ASV)
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.
Nehemiah 13:8 New International Version (NIV)
I was greatly displeased and threw all Tobiah’s household goods out of the room.
Nehemiah 13:25 New International Version (NIV)
I rebuked them and called curses down on them. I beat some of the men and pulled out their hair. I made them take an oath in God’s name and said: “You are not to give your daughters in marriage to their sons, nor are you to take their daughters in marriage for your sons or for yourselves.
Nehemiah 13:8 New King James Version (NKJV)
And it grieved me bitterly; therefore I threw all the household goods of Tobiah out of the room.
Nehemiah 13:25 New King James Version (NKJV)
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.
Nehemiah 13:8 Amplified Bible (AMP)
It was very displeasing to me, so I threw all of Tobiah’s household furnishings out of the room.
Nehemiah 13:25 Amplified Bible (AMP)
So I contended with them and cursed them and struck some of them and pulled out their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, “You shall not give your daughters [in marriage] to their sons, nor take [any of] their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.
Nehemiah 13:8 New Living Translation (NLT)
I became very upset and threw all of Tobiah’s belongings out of the room.
Nehemiah 13:25 New Living Translation (NLT)
So I confronted them and called down curses on them. I beat some of them and pulled out their hair. I made them swear in the name of God that they would not let their children intermarry with the pagan people of the land.
Nehemiah 13:8 English Standard Version Revision 2016 (ESV)
And I was very angry, and I threw all the household furniture of Tobiah out of the chamber.
Nehemiah 13:25 English Standard Version Revision 2016 (ESV)
And I confronted them and cursed them and beat some of them and pulled out their hair. And I made them take an oath in the name of God, saying, “You shall not give your daughters to their sons, or take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.