The Meaning of Nehemiah 13:27 Explained

Nehemiah 13:27

KJV: Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?

YLT: And to you do we hearken to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God, to settle strange women?'

Darby: And should we hearken to you to do all this great evil, to act unfaithfully to our God by marrying foreign wives?

ASV: Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God in marrying foreign women?

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What is the context of Nehemiah 13:27?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?

What does Nehemiah 13:27 Mean?

Context Summary

Nehemiah 13:15-31 - A Disobedient And Gainsaying People

Let us remember to keep perpetual Sabbath in the heart, whatever be our outward life. In this life there is a Sabbath rest for the people of God, Hebrews 4:9, but we must labor to enter into it, and must set God's angel of peace to keep the door against all intruders, Philippians 4:7. Twenty years before, Ezra had dismissed the strange wives, but the evil had risen again. Alas, how sadly do children expose the inconsistencies of their parents, and betray the evil of unequal marriages! We see plenty of this around us; and where there is such a union, the balance is almost certain to turn in favor of the world and against vital godliness, Deuteronomy 7:4; 2 Corinthians 6:14. Nehemiah did not hesitate to add strong acts to strong words. Josephus says that this expelled priest was Manasseh, and that he went to his father-in-law, Sanballat, who built for him a temple on Mount Gerizim like that at Jerusalem, and that this was the origin of the religious rivalry and hatred between Samaritans and Jews, John 4:20. The faithful servant and the dying thief join in the same petition, Nehemiah 13:31. To be remembered by Jesus Christ is enough reward for any of us [source]

Chapter Summary: Nehemiah 13

¹ Upon the reading of the law, separation is made from the mixed multitude
⁴ Nehemiah, at his return, causes the chambers to be cleansed
¹⁰ He reforms the offices in the house of God;
¹⁵ the violation of the Sabbath;
²³ and the marriages with the strange wives

What do the individual words in Nehemiah 13:27 mean?

Then your Should we hear of doing - all evil great this transgressing against our God by marrying women pagan

וְלָכֶ֣ם הֲנִשְׁמַ֗ע לַעֲשֹׂת֙ אֵ֣ת כָּל־ הָרָעָ֤ה הַגְּדוֹלָה֙ הַזֹּ֔את לִמְעֹ֖ל בֵּֽאלֹהֵ֑ינוּ לְהֹשִׁ֖יב נָשִׁ֥ים ؟ נָכְרִיּֽוֹת

וְלָכֶ֣ם	Then your
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition, second person masculine plural Root: אֲבִידָן Sense: a prince (ruler) of Benjamin.
הֲנִשְׁמַ֗ע	Should we hear
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: שָׁמַע Sense: to hear, listen to, obey.
לַעֲשֹׂת֙	of doing
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct Root: עָשָׂה Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
אֵ֣ת	-
Parse: Direct object marker Root: אֹות Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
הָרָעָ֤ה	evil
Parse: Article, Adjective, feminine singular Root: רַע Sense: bad, evil.
הַגְּדוֹלָה֙	great
Parse: Article, Adjective, feminine singular Root: גָּבֹול Sense: great.
הַזֹּ֔את	this
Parse: Article, Pronoun, feminine singular Root: זׄאת Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, such.
לִמְעֹ֖ל	transgressing
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct Root: מָעַל Sense: to act unfaithfully, act treacherously, transgress, commit a trespass.
בֵּֽאלֹהֵ֑ינוּ	against our God
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural construct, first person common plural Root: אֱלֹהִים Sense: (plural).
לְהֹשִׁ֖יב	by marrying
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct Root: יָשַׁב Sense: to dwell, remain, sit, abide.
נָשִׁ֥ים	women
Parse: Noun, feminine plural Root: אִשָּׁה Sense: woman, wife, female.
؟ נָכְרִיּֽוֹת	pagan
Parse: Adjective, feminine plural Root: נָכְרִי Sense: foreign, alien.

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Similar Scriptures for Nehemiah 13:27

		Ezra 10:2 [5]
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