Nehemiah 13:24
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New International Version (©1984)
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.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
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.

King James Bible
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.

American King James Version
And their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.

American Standard 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.

Bible in Basic English
And their children were talking half in the language of Ashdod; they had no knowledge of the Jews' language, but made use of the language of the two peoples.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And their children spoke half in the speech of Azotus, and could not speak the Jews' language, but they spoke according to the language of this and that people.

Darby Bible Translation
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.

English Revised 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.

Webster's Bible Translation
And their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews language, but according to the language of each people.

World English Bible
and their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.

Young's Literal Translation
And of their sons, half are speaking Ashdoditish -- and are not knowing to speak Jewish -- and according to the language of people and people.

Geneva Study Bible

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.

King James Translators' Notes

could...: Heb. they discerned not to speak

of each...: Heb. of people and people

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

24. could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people-a mongrel dialect imbibed from their mothers, together with foreign principles and habits.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

13:23-31 If either parent be ungodly, corrupt nature will incline the children to take after that one; which is a strong reason why Christians should not be unequally yoked. In the education of children, great care should be taken about the government of their tongues; that they learn not the language of Ashdod, no impious or impure talk, no corrupt communication. Nehemiah showed the evil of these marriages. Some, more obstinate than the rest, he smote, that is, ordered them to be beaten by the officers according to the law, De 25:2,3. Here are Nehemiah's prayers on this occasion He prays, Remember them, O my God. Lord, convince and convert them; put them in mind of what they should be and do. The best services to the public have been forgotten by those for whom they were done, therefore Nehemiah refers himself to God, to recompense him. This may well be the summary of our petitions; we need no more to make us happy than this; Remember me, O my God, for good. We may humbly hope that the Lord will remember us and our services, although, after lives of unwearied activity and usefulness, we shall still see cause to abhor ourselves and repent in dust and ashes, and to cry out with Nehemiah, Spare me, O my God, according to the greatness of they mercy.


Nehemiah 13:23 In those days I also saw that the Jews had married women from Ashdod, Ammon and Moab.
Nehemiah 13:25 So I contended with them and cursed them and struck some of them and pulled out their hair, and made them swear by God, "You shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take of their daughters for your sons or for yourselves. (NASB ©1995)

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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.

could not speak. Heb. they discerned not to speak. each people. Heb. people and people. Zep 3:9

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