24 Half 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.

24 And 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.

24 Furthermore, half their children spoke the language of Ashdod or of some other people and could not speak the language of Judah at all.

24 And half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod, and could not speak the language of Judah, but spoke according to the language of one or the other people.

24 Half their children were speaking the language of Ashdod or some other place, and they couldn’t speak the language of Judah.

24 and 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.

24 And 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.

24 Half their children spoke the language of Ashdod or one of the other languages, but they couldn’t understand the language of Judah well enough to speak it.

24 Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or the language of one of the other peoples but could not speak Hebrew.

24 and half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod, and they could not speak the language of Judah, but spoke the language of various peoples.

24 Half of their children spoke Ashdodite and could not speak Judean, but only the tongues of other nations.

24 Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod. Or they spoke the language of one of the other nations. They didn’t even know how to speak the language of Judah.

24 As for their children, half spoke in the language of Ashdod, and none of them was able to speak the language of Judah, but the language of his own people.