The conclusion in verse 44 appears to be incomplete. The Hebrew text is literally “All these had married foreign women and there was from them [masculine] women and they [masculine] bore children” (similarly Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate). This textual base is followed by Bible en français courant, New International Version, Nouvelle Bible Segond, New Jewish Publication Society’s Tanakh, Traduction œcuménique de la Bible and other versions. Bible en français courant has “All these men had married foreign women and some of these women had given birth to children.” Hebrew Old Testament Text Project gives this text a C rating. Revised Standard Version and Good News Translation follow 1 Esdras 9.36 and the instructions given in Ezra 10.3 (also New Jerusalem Bible, New Revised Standard Version, Revised English Bible). It is possible that this is based on an earlier Hebrew text. Translators should follow the Hebrew text as Bible en français courant has done, but include the other reading in a footnote.