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Priests to Guard the Offerings

Ezra 8:27

In 11 translations

BSB
20 gold bowls valued at 1,000 darics, and two articles of fine polished bronze, as precious as gold.Or worth 1,000 drachmas; that is, approximately 18.5 pounds or 8.4 kilograms of gold
KJV
Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.fine…: Heb. yellow, or, shining brassprecious: Heb. desirable
WEB
twenty bowls of gold weighing one thousand darics, and two vessels of fine bright bronze, precious as gold.a daric was a gold coin issued by a Persian king, weighing about 8.4 grams or about 0.27 troy ounces each.
ASV
and twenty bowls of gold, of a thousand darics; and two vessels of fine bright brass, precious as gold.
LSV
and twenty basins of gold, of one thousand drams, and two vessels of good shining bronze, desirable as gold.
YLT
and basins of gold twenty, of a thousand drams, and two vessels of good shining brass, desirable as gold.
DBY
and twenty basons of gold, of a thousand darics; and two vessels of shining copper, precious as gold.
DRC
And twenty cups of gold, of a thousand solids, and two vessels of the best shining brass, beautiful as gold.
GNV
And twentie basins of golde, of a thousand drammes, and two vessels of shining brasse very good, and precious as golde.
JPS
and twenty bowels of gold, of a thousand darics; and two vessels of fine bright brass, precious as gold.
LXXE
and twenty golden bowls, weighing about a thousand drachms, and superior vessels of fine shining brass, precious as gold.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וּכְפֹרֵ֤י זָהָב֙ עֶשְׂרִ֔ים לַאֲדַרְכֹנִ֖ים אָ֑לֶף וּכְלֵ֨י נְחֹ֜שֶׁת מֻצְהָ֤ב טוֹבָה֙ שְׁנַ֔יִם חֲמוּדֹ֖ת כַּזָּהָֽב׃
LXX-Br
καὶ χαφουρῆ χρυσοῖ εἴκοσι εἰς τὴν ὁδὸν χίλιοι, καὶ σκεύη χαλκοῦ στίλβοντος ἀγαθοῦ διάφορα ἐπιθυμητὰ ἐν χρυσίῳ.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Lamentations 4:2How the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in pure gold, are now esteemed as jars of clay, the work of a potter’s hands!

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