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Nehemiah 13:25

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25I rebuked them, cursed them, beat some of their men, and pulled out their hair.l I forced them to take an oathm before God and said, “You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters as wives for your sons or yourselves!n

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Cross references

  1. lEzr 9:3; Is 50:6
  2. mEzr 10:5
  3. nEzr 9:1–2; Neh 10:30

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And I confronted them and cursed them and beat some of them and pulled out their hair. And I made them take an oath in the name of God, saying, “You shall not give your daughters to their sons, or take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I rebuked them and called curses down on them. I beat some of the men and pulled out their hair. I made them take an oath in God’s name and said: “You are not to give your daughters in marriage to their sons, nor are you to take their daughters in marriage for your sons or for yourselves.

NLTNew Living Translation

So I confronted them and called down curses on them. I beat some of them and pulled out their hair. I made them swear in the name of God that they would not let their children intermarry with the pagan people of the land.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

So I quarreled with them and cursed them and beat some of their men and pulled out their hair. I made them take an oath by God: “Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.

KJV 1900King James Version

And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.