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Ezra 10:2

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 2 Then Shec·a·niʹah the son of Je·hiʹel+ of the sons of Eʹlam+ said to Ezʹra: “We have acted unfaithfully against our God by marrying* foreign women from the peoples of the land.+ Despite this, there is still hope for Israel.

Ezra 10:2

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 2 Then Shec·a·niʹah the son of Je·hiʹel+ of the sons of Eʹlam+ said to Ezʹra: “We have acted unfaithfully against our God by marrying* foreign women from the peoples of the land.+ Despite this, there is still hope for Israel.

Ezra 10:2

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 2 Then Shec·a·niʹah the son of Je·hiʹel+ of the sons of Eʹlam+ answered and said to Ezʹra: “We—we have acted unfaithfully against our God, so that we gave a dwelling to foreign wives from the peoples of the land.+ Yet now there exists a hope+ for Israel concerning this.

Ezra 10:2

The Bible in Living English
- 2 And Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, of the sons of ʽElam, replied to ʽEzra “We have been disloyal to our God and taken in foreign women out of the peoples of the country; but now there is a chance of hope for Israel as to this.

Ezra 10:2

The Emphasized Bible
- 2 Then responded Shecaniah son of Jehiel of the sons of Elam and said unto Ezra, We have been unfaithful with our God and have married foreign women from among the peoples of the land,—yet now there is hope for Israel concerning this thing.

Ezra 10:2

King James Version
- 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.