^5:9Then I¹⁷ said, “The thing that you are doing is wrong!¹⁸ Should you not conduct yourselves¹⁹ in the fear of our God in order to avoid the reproach of the Gentiles who are our enemies?

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Footnotes

17 The translation reads with the Qere and the ancient versions וָאוֹמַר (va’omar, “and I said”) rather than the Kethib, וַיֹּאמֶר (vayyo’mer, “and he said”).
18 Heb “not good.” The statement “The thing … is not good” is an example of tapeinosis, a figurative expression which emphasizes the intended point (“The thing … is wrong!”) by negating its opposite.
19 Heb “[should you not] walk.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

So I said, “The thing that you are doing is not good. Ought you not to walk in the fear of our God to prevent the taunts of the nations our enemies?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our Gentile enemies?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then I said, “What you are doing isn’t right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God and not invite the reproach of our foreign enemies?

NLTNew Living Translation

Then I pressed further, “What you are doing is not right! Should you not walk in the fear of our God in order to avoid being mocked by enemy nations?

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

So I said, “The thing that you are doing is not good. Should you not walk in the fear of our God to prevent the disgrace from the nations, our enemies?

KJV 1900King James Version

Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?

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