30"We promise not to give our daughters in marriage to the peoples around us or take their daughters for our sons.


In Context

27 Malluch, Harim and Baanah.

28 "The rest of the people-priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, temple servants and all who separated themselves from the neighboring peoples for the sake of the Law of God, together with their wives and all their sons and daughters who are able to understand-

29 all these now join their brothers the nobles, and bind themselves with a curse and an oath to follow the Law of God given through Moses the servant of God and to obey carefully all the commands, regulations and decrees of the Lord our Lord.

30 "We promise not to give our daughters in marriage to the peoples around us or take their daughters for our sons.

31 "When the neighboring peoples bring merchandise or grain to sell on the Sabbath, we will not buy from them on the Sabbath or on any holy day. Every seventh year we will forgo working the land and will cancel all debts.

32 "We assume the responsibility for carrying out the commands to give a third of a shekel each year for the service of the house of our God:

Nehemiah 10:30 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:30And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:30and that we would not give our daughters unto the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:30And that we would not give our daughters to the people of the land, not take their daughters for our sons.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:30and that we would not give our daughters to the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:30and that we would not give our daughters unto the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:30And that we would not give our daughters to the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:30and that we would not give our daughters to the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:30and that we give not our daughters to the peoples of the land, and their daughters we take not to our sons;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:30And that we would not give our daughters to the people of the land, not take their daughters for our sons: