King James Version
Nehemiah 10:30 in the King James Version says “And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons:” — study this verse from Nehemiah chapter 10 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons:”
Nehemiah 10:30 · KJV
And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;
They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes; by: Heb. by the hand of
And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons:
And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt. every: Heb. every hand
Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;
KJV Study — Public Domain
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“And that we would not give”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
“our daughters”
H1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
“unto the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“our daughters”
H1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“for our sons”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
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