24and their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.


In Context

21 Then I testified against them, and said to them, |Why do you stay around the wall? If you do so again, I will lay hands on you.| From that time on, they didn't come on the Sabbath.

22 I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the Sabbath day. Remember to me, my God, this also, and spare me according to the greatness of your loving kindness.

23 In those days also saw I the Jews who had married women of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:

24 and their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.

25 I contended with them, and cursed them, and struck certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, |You shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons, or for yourselves.

26 Didn't Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? Yet among many nations was there no king like him, and he was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel. Nevertheless foreign women caused even him to sin.

Nehemiah 13:24 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:24And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews’ language, but according to the language of each people.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

13:24Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or the language of one of the other peoples, and did not know how to speak the language of Judah.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

13:24and their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews language, but according to the language of each people.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

13:24And their children spoke half in the speech of Azotus, and could not speak the Jews' language, but they spoke according to the language of this and that people.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:24And their children spoke half in the language of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

13:24and their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:24And their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews language, but according to the language of each people.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

13:24And of their sons, half are speaking Ashdoditish — and are not knowing to speak Jewish — and according to the language of people and people.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:24And their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.