ezra 10:44 all these had taken strange wives and some of them had wives by whom they had children

Ezra 10:44

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— All these had married foreign wives, and some of them had wives [by whom] they had children.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— All these had taken strange wives: and [some] of them had wives by whom they had children.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— All these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by whom they had children.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— All these had taken foreign wives; and some of them had wives by whom they had children.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— All these had taken foreign wives: and [some] of them had wives by whom they had children.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— All these had taken foreign wives; and there were among them wives who had had children.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— All these, had taken foreign women,—and had begotten of them children.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— all these have taken strange women, and there are of them women—who adopt sons.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— All these had taken strange wives, and there were among them women that had borne children.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— All these had taken strange wiues: and among them were women that had children.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— All these had taken strange wiues: and some of them [had] wiues, by whom they had children.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— All these had taken foreign wives; and some of them had wives by whom they had children.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— All these had taken strange wives, and had begotten sons of them.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— All these had taken strange wives: and [some] of them had wives by whom they had children.

All x3605

(3605) Complement
כֹּל
kol
{kole}

From H3634; properly the whole; hence all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense).

these x428

(0428) Complement
אֵלֶּה
'el-leh
{ale'-leh}

Prolonged from H0411; these or those.

had taken 5375

{5375} Prime
נָשָׂא
nasa'
{naw-saw'}

A primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, absolutely and relatively.

z8804

<8804> Grammar

Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562

z8675

<8675> Grammar

Kethiv Reading

Where the translators of the Authorised Version followed the qere reading rather than the kethiv.

z8802

<8802> Grammar

Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Participle Active (See H8814)
Count - 5386

strange 5237

{5237} Prime
נָכְרִי
nokriy
{nok-ree'}

From H5235 (second form); strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful).

wives: 802

{0802} Prime
אִשָּׁה
'ishshah
{ish-shaw'}

The first form is the feminine of H0376 or H0582; the second form is an irregular plural; a woman (used in the same wide sense as H0582).

and [some] of x4480

(4480) Complement
מִן
min
{min}

For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.

them had 3426

{3426} Prime
יֵשׁ
yesh
{yaysh}

Perhaps from an unused root meaning to stand out, or exist; entity; used adverbially or as a copula for the substantive verb (H1961); there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection).

wives 802

{0802} Prime
אִשָּׁה
'ishshah
{ish-shaw'}

The first form is the feminine of H0376 or H0582; the second form is an irregular plural; a woman (used in the same wide sense as H0582).

by whom they had 7760

{7760} Prime
שׂוּם
suwm
{soom}

A primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literally, figuratively, inferentially and elliptically).

z8799

<8799> Grammar

Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885

children. 1121

{1121} Prime
בֵּן
ben
{bane}

From H1129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like H0001, H0251, etc.).

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See commentary on Ezra 10:15-44.

Ezra 10:44

Had children — This implies that most of their wives were barren. Which came to pass by God's special providence, to manifest his displeasure against such matches, and that the putting them away might not be encumbered with too many difficulties. One would think this grievance altogether removed. Yet we meet with it again, Nehemiah 13:22. Such corruptions are easily and insensibly brought in, tho' not easily purged out. The best reformers can but do their endeavour. It is only the Redeemer himself, who when he cometh to Sion, will effectually turn away ungodliness from Jacob.

Ezra 10:44

All these had taken strange wives: and [some] of them had wives by whom they had ⁽ⁿ⁾ children.

⁽ⁿ⁾ Who also were made illegitimate because the marriage was unlawful.

strange wives:
Proverbs 2:16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, [even] from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words;
Proverbs 5:3 For the lips of a strange woman drop [as] an honeycomb, and her mouth [is] smoother than oil:
Proverbs 5:20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

and some of them:
This observation was probably intended to shew that only a few of them had children, and also how rigorously the law was put in execution. According to a passage in Justin Martyr's Dialogue with Trypho, a Jew, Ezra offered a paschal lamb on this occasion, and addressed the people thus: "And Ezra said to the people, This pass-over is our Saviour and our Refuge; and if ye will be persuaded of it, and let it enter into your hearts, that we are to humble to Him in a sign, and afterwards shall believe in Him, this place shall not be destroyed forever, saith the Lord of hosts; but, if ye will not believe in Him, nor hearken to his preaching, ye shall be a laughing-stock to the Gentiles." This was probably a marginal note added by some early Christian.

Pv 2:16; 5:3, 20.