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Nehemiah 13:24

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Half the children couldn’t even speak the language of Judah; all they knew was the language of Ashdod or some other tongue.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

And half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod, and they could not speak the language of Judah, but only the language of each people.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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

NLTNew Living Translation

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

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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

KJV 1900King James Version

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.