2 The translation reads with the Qere, many medieval Hebrew , the , the , and עֵילָם (’elam, “Elam”) rather than the reading עוֹלָם (’olam, “eternity”) found in the .
3 Heb “in that we have given a dwelling to.” So also in vv. 14, 17, 18.
4 Heb “the peoples of the lands.”
5 Heb “upon this.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam, addressed Ezra: “We have broken faith with our God and have married foreign women from the peoples of the land, but even now there is hope for Israel in spite of this.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then Shekaniah son of Jehiel, one of the descendants of Elam, said to Ezra, “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the peoples around us. But in spite of this, there is still hope for Israel.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, responded to Ezra, “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the surrounding peoples, but there is still hope for Israel in spite of this.

NLTNew Living Translation

Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, a descendant of Elam, said to Ezra, “We have been unfaithful to our God, for we have married these pagan women of the land. But in spite of this there is hope for Israel.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Shecaniah son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam, answered and said to Ezra, “We ourselves have broken faith with our God and have married foreign women from the peoples of the land, and even now there is hope for Israel in spite of this.

KJV 1900King James Version

And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.

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