• Ezra 9:12
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

    • 12 Therefore, do not give your daughters to their sons, neither accept their daughters for your sons;+ and you must never seek their peace and their prosperity,+ so that you may grow strong and eat the good of the land and take possession of it for your sons forever.’

  • Ezra 9:12
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References

    • 12 And now YOUR daughters do not YOU people give to their sons,+ neither their daughters do YOU accept for YOUR sons; and to time indefinite YOU must not work for their peace+ and their prosperity,* in order that YOU may grow strong+ and certainly eat the good of the land and indeed take possession [of it] for YOUR sons to time indefinite.’+

  • Ezra 9:12
    The Bible in Living English

    • 12 now do not give your daughters to their sons nor take their daughters for your sons; and you are not to attempt anything for their welfare or advantage, world without end, in order that you may be strong and eat the good things of the country and pass the possession on to your sons forever.’

  • Ezra 9:12
    American Standard Version

    • 12 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.

  • Ezra 9:12
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 12 Now therefore, your daughters do not ye give to their sons, and their daughters do not ye take for your sons, neither shall ye seek their prosperity nor their pleasure unto times age-abiding,—to the end ye may become strong and may eat the good of the land, and may suffer your children to possess it unto times age-abiding.

  • Ezra 9:12
    King James Version

    • 12 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.