Ezra 1:9
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New International Version (©2011)
This was the inventory: gold dishes 30 silver dishes 1,000 silver pans 29

New Living Translation (©2007)
This is a list of the items that were returned: gold basins 30 silver basins 1,000 silver incense burners 29

English Standard Version (©2001)
And this was the number of them: 30 basins of gold, 1,000 basins of silver, 29 censers,

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Now this was their number: 30 gold dishes, 1,000 silver dishes, 29 duplicates;

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
This was the inventory: 30 gold basins, 1,000 silver basins, 29 silver knives,

International Standard Version (©2012)
Here is a partial inventory: Gold dishes: 30 Silver dishes: 1,000 Sacrificial knives: 29

NET Bible (©2006)
The inventory of these items was as follows: 30 gold basins, 1,000 silver basins, 29 silver utensils,

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
This is the inventory: gold dishes 30 silver dishes 1,000 knives 29

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And this is the number of them: thirty platters of gold, a thousand platters of silver, nine and twenty knives,

American King James Version
And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,

American Standard Version
And this is the number of them: thirty platters of gold, a thousand platters of silver, nine and twenty knives,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And this is the number of them: thirty bowls of gold, a thousand bowls of silver, nine and twenty knives, thirty cups of gold,

Darby Bible Translation
And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine-and-twenty knives,

English Revised Version
And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives;

Webster's Bible Translation
And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,

World English Bible
This is the number of them: thirty platters of gold, one thousand platters of silver, twenty-nine knives,

Young's Literal Translation
And this is their number: dishes of gold thirty, dishes of silver a thousand, knives nine and twenty,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

1:5-11 The same God that raised up the spirit of Cyrus to proclaim liberty to the Jews, raised up their spirits to take the benefit. The temptation was to some to stay in Babylon; but some feared not to return, and they were those whose spirits God raised, by his Spirit and grace. Whatever good we do, is owing to the grace of God. Our spirits naturally bow down to this earth and the things of it; if they move upward in any good affections or good actions, it is God who raises them. The calls and offers of the gospel are like the proclamation of Cyrus. Those bound under the power of sin, may be made free by Jesus Christ. Whosoever will, by repentance and faith, return to God, Jesus Christ has opened the way for him, and raises him out of the slavery of sin into the glorious liberty of the children of God. Many that hear this joyful sound, choose to sit still in Babylon, are in love with their sins, and will not venture upon a holy life; but some break through all discouragements, whatever it cost them; they are those whose spirit God has raised above the world and the flesh, whom he has made willing. Thus will the heavenly Canaan be filled, though many perish in Babylon; and the gospel offer will not have been made in vain. The bringing back the Jews from captivity, represents the redemption of sinners by Jesus Christ.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 9. - Chargers. Agarteley, a rare word, perhaps Persian. The LXX. translate ψυκτῆρες, "wine-coolers;" the Vulgate has phialae, "vases;" the apocryphal Esdras, σπονδεῖα, "vessels for drink-offerings." Probably basons or bowls are intended. Knives. Machaldaphim, another rare word of doubtful sense. The LXX. render παρηλλαγμένα, "changes," regarding the word as derived from חלã, "to exchange." The apocryphal Esdras has θυίσκαι "censers." But the most usual translation is that of the A. V., "knives."

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And this is the number of them,.... Of the vessels delivered, as follows:

thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver; these, according to Ben Melech, were vessels in which water was put to wash hands in; but rather they were, as Aben Ezra observes from the Jerusalem Talmud (r), vessels in which they gathered the blood of lambs and bullocks slain for sacrifices:

nine and twenty knives; which, because the handles of them were of gold or silver, were valuable, and might be very large knives, and what the priests used in slaying and cutting up the sacrifices.

(r) T. Hieros. Yoma, fol. 41. 1.

Ezra 1:9 Parallel Commentaries
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Cyrus Restores the Holy Vessels
7Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them in the house of his gods; 8Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them to Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah. 9And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,

Numbers 7:79 His offering was one silver plate weighing a hundred and thirty shekels and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each filled with the finest flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering;
Ezra 1:10 gold bowls 30 matching silver bowls 410 other articles 1,000
Ezra 8:26 I weighed out to them 650 talents of silver, silver articles weighing 100 talents, 100 talents of gold,
Ezra 8:27 20 bowls of gold valued at 1,000 darics, and two fine articles of polished bronze, as precious as gold.
Ezra 8:30 Then the priests and Levites received the silver and gold and sacred articles that had been weighed out to be taken to the house of our God in Jerusalem.