All these had taken foreign wives; and some of them had wives by whom they had children.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    All these had taken foreign wives; and some of them had wives by whom they had children.

  • KJV King James Version

    All these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by whom they had children.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    All these had taken foreign wives; and some of them had wives by whom they had children.

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Cross-references (4)

Passages linked to Ezra 10:44 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Ezra 10:3 Now therefore let’s make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and those who are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those who tremble at the commandment of our God. Let it be done according to the law.
  • Proverbs 2:16 to deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words,
  • Proverbs 5:3 For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,
  • Proverbs 5:20 For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?

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Explain this verse (12 sources)

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Which also were made illegitimate because the marriage was…

Which also were made illegitimate because the marriage was unlawful.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.

John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Ezr 10:44 All these had taken strange wives: and…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Whereby he implies that most of their wives were…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain All these had taken strange wives,.... In all about…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Had children - This implies that most of their…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 44. Some of them had wives by whom…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Ezr 10:44. All these had taken strange wives —…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Children. Hebrew may be, "and some of these women…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 44. Wives by whom they had children — The…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 44. All these had taken strange wives] So also…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And some of them had wives by whom they…
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 10:44 and some even had children by these wives:…

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