Ezra 8:26

²⁶ I weighed out to them 650 talents [1] of silver, silver articles weighing 100 talents,[2] 100 talents [2] of gold,

Ezra 8

Other Translations of Ezra 8:26

King James Version

²⁶ I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred talents;

English Standard Version

²⁶ I weighed out into their hand 650 talentsA talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms of silver, and silver vessels worth 200 talents,Revocalization; the number is missing in the Masoretic Text and 100 talents of gold,

The Message

²⁶ 25 tons of silver -100 vessels of silver valued at three and three-quarter tons three and three-quarter tons of gold

New King James Version

²⁶ I weighed into their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, silver articles weighing one hundred talents, one hundred talents of gold,

New Living Translation

²⁶ I weighed the treasure as I gave it to them and found the totals to be as follows: 24Â tons of silver, 7,500 pounds of silver articles, 7,500 pounds of gold,

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezra 8:26

Commentary on Ezra 8:24-30

(Read Ezra 8:24-30)

Do we expect that God should, by his providence, keep that which belongs to us, let us, by his grace, keep that which belongs to him. Let God's honour and interest be our care; and then we may expect that our lives and comforts will be his.