versions).
We have trespassed against our God (in five versions).
We have broken faith with our God (in one version).
We have acted unfaithfully toward our God (in one version).
We haven’t been faithful to our God (in one version).
We have disobeyed God (in one version).
We have broken faith and dealt treacherously against our God (in one version).
(2) How do 18 Biblical versions translate we have taken?
Only four out of 18 Biblical versions translate we have taken correctly; while 13 versions translate we have taken to we have married or by marrying (in six and seven versions respectively). One version translates it to “we settle”. Literally, “we have taken” is quite different from “we have married”.
(3) How do the 18 Biblical versions translate strange women?
In Hebrew, the word pronounced as “No-kh-re-yoat” is the plural of the English word “stranger”. Also, the word pronounced as “Za-roat” is the plural of the English word “Foreign”. Both “No-kh-re-yoat” and “Za-roat” are used in the Hebrew version when talking about the strange women and the foreign women respectively.
The Hebrew verse of Ezra 10:2 used “No-kh-re-yoat” women, i.e. strange women. However, only two Biblical versions out of 18 Biblical versions translate it correctly.
In two Biblical versions, strange women are translated to pagan women!
Strange women is translated in the other 14 versions as foreign women (in Nine versions), foreign wives (in three versions) or “just” women (in two versions) etc.
I wonder why the translators of 15 Biblical versions could not translate such a simple word.
(4) How do the 18 Biblical versions translate the