Nehr · Ezra 10

Ezra 10:2

And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.

— Ezra 10:2, King James Version
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World English Bible (WEB)

Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land: yet now there is hope for Israel concerning this thing.

American Standard Version (ASV)

And Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land: yet now there is hope for Israel concerning this thing.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

And Shechaniah son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam, answereth and saith to Ezra, 'We--we have trespassed against our God, and we settle strange women of the peoples of the land; and now there is hope for Israel concerning this,

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