Ezra 9:11 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness.”
Ezra 9:11 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ezra 9:11 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ezra 9:11 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“which you have commanded by your servants the prophets, saying, ‘The land to which you go to possess is an unclean land through the uncleanness of the peoples of the lands, through their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their filthiness.”
Ezra 9:11 — World English Bible
Ezra 9:11 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land through the uncleanness of the peoples of the lands, through their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their filthiness:”
Ezra 9:11 — American Standard Version
Ezra 9:11 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“that Thou hast commanded by the hands of thy servants the prophets, saying, The land into which ye are going to possess it, <FI>is<Fi> a land of impurity, by the impurity of the people of the lands, by their abominations with which they have filled it--from mouth unto mouth--by their uncleanness;”
Ezra 9:11 — Young's Literal Translation
Ezra 9:11 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess [it], is an unclean land through the filthiness of the peoples of the lands, through their abominations with which they have filled it from one end to another through their uncleanness.”
Ezra 9:11 — Darby Translation
Ezra 9:11 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Which thou hast commanded by thy seruants the Prophets, saying, The land whereunto ye go to possesse it, is an vncleane land, because of the filthines of the people of the lands, which by their abominations, and by their vncleannes haue filled it from corner to corner.”
Ezra 9:11 — Geneva Bible
Ezra 9:11 in Context — Ezra 9
9 Car nous sommes esclaves, mais Dieu ne nous a pas abandonnés dans notre servitude. Il nous a rendus les objets de la bienveillance des rois de Perse, pour nous conserver la vie afin que nous puissions bâtir la maison de notre Dieu et en relever les ruines, et pour nous donner une retraite en Juda et à Jérusalem.
10 Maintenant, que dirons-nous après cela, ô notre Dieu? Car nous avons abandonné tes commandements,
11 que tu nous avais prescrits par tes serviteurs les prophètes, en disant: Le pays dans lequel vous entrez pour le posséder est un pays souillé par les impuretés des peuples de ces contrées, par les abominations dont ils l’ont rempli d’un bout à l’autre avec leurs impuretés;
12 ne donnez donc point vos filles à leurs fils et ne prenez point leurs filles pour vos fils, et n’ayez jamais souci ni de leur prospérité ni de leur bien-être, et ainsi vous deviendrez forts, vous mangerez les meilleures productions du pays, et vous le laisserez pour toujours en héritage à vos fils.
13 Après tout ce qui nous est arrivé à cause des mauvaises actions et des grandes fautes que nous avons commises, quoique tu ne nous aies pas, ô notre Dieu, punis en proportion de nos iniquités, et maintenant que tu nous as conservé ces réchappés,
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