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.
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Parallel translations
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Parallel translations
4 additional translationsand 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.
Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or of the other peoples, but could not speak the language of Judah.
And of their sons, half are speaking Ashdoditish--and are not knowing to speak Jewish--and according to the language of people and people.
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.
About this book
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About this book
Old TestamentNehemiah — The walls rebuilt in fifty-two days; the covenant renewed; the reforms enacted and then re-enacted when Nehemiah returns to find them slipping. A book about civic and spiritual reconstruction side by side.
- Author
- Nehemiah (chs. 1–7, 11–13 largely first-person memoir); Ezra-material probably compiled alongside
- Date
- Events 445–432 BC; final compilation late-5th century BC