Ezra 1:11
What does Ezra 1:11 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezra 1:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
What Ezra 1:11 means
Here the account concludes with a comprehensive total: five thousand and four hundred vessels of gold and silver. Sheshbazzar brings them all up when the captives return from Babylon to Jerusalem. This final statement assures the reader that nothing was left behind; what had been taken into exile is now restored to its proper place. The linkage of the vessels’ return with the people’s ascent binds the material and spiritual restoration together. Under recognized leadership, God’s people and God’s holy things journey home, signaling a fresh beginning for worship and covenant faithfulness in the land God promised.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up, when they of the captivity were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.
KJV
King James Version · 1611All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of the captivity that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up, when they of the captivity were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949There were five thousand, four hundred gold and silver vessels. All these were taken back by Sheshbazzar, when those who had been taken prisoner went up from Babylon to Jerusalem.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862All the vessels of gold and of silver <FI>are<Fi> five thousand and four hundred; the whole hath Sheshbazzar brought up with the going up of the removal from Babylon to Jerusalem.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752All the vessels of gold and silver, five thousand four hundred: all these Sassabasar brought with them that came up from the captivity of Babylon to Jerusalem.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand four hundred. The whole did Sheshbazzar bring up, when they of the captivity were brought up from Babylon to Jerusalem.
Context
This closing verse sums the inventory and ties it to the actual departure for Jerusalem. It wraps up the narrative arc begun with Cyrus’s stirred decree (verses 1–4), the people’s response (verses 5–6), and the restitution of temple vessels (verses 7–10). By highlighting total numbers and naming Sheshbazzar’s role in transporting them, it prepares for the next chapter’s list of returnees. The stage is set for rebuilding efforts and reestablishing worship in Jerusalem under God’s providential hand.
v.10thirty bowls of gold, silver bowls of a second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand.
v.11This passage
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Matthew 1:11
and Josiah begat Jechoniah and his brethren, at the time of the carrying away to Babylon.
- 2 Timothy 2:19
Howbeit the firm foundation of God standeth, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his: and, Let every one that nameth the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.
- Romans 9:23
and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he afore prepared unto glory,