And Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land: yet now there is hope for Israel concerning this thing.

And Shecaniah, the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answering, said to Ezra, We have done evil against our God, and have taken as our wives strange women of the peoples of the land: but still there is hope for Israel in this question.

Και απεκριθη Σεχανιας ο υιος του Ιεχιηλ, εκ των υιων Ελαμ, και ειπε προς τον Εσδραν, Ημεις ηνομησαμεν εις τον Θεον ημων και ελαβομεν ξενας γυναικας εκ των λαων της γης· πλην τωρα ειναι ελπις εις τον Ισραηλ περι τουτου·

And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.

Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered Ezra, “We have trespassed against our God, and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land. Yet now there is hope for Israel concerning this thing.