Ezra 10:27
What does Ezra 10:27 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezra 10:27 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
What Ezra 10:27 means
From the sons of Zattu, six are named: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, and Aziza. As with other groups, the list is concise yet personal. The presence of names also found among temple servants elsewhere in Scripture reminds readers that ordinary and notable alike can fall into compromise. The text does not pause to evaluate motives; it simply records outcomes under the agreed remedy. Such documentation functions as communal memory, teaching posterity that faithfulness to God’s commands shapes family lines and communal identity, and that course correction, though costly, preserves the people’s distinct calling.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And of the sons of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And of the sons of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And of the sons of Zattu, Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth and Zabad and Aziza.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And of the sons of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And of the sons of Zethua, Elioenai, Eliasib, Mathania, Jerimuth, and Zabad, and Aziaza.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And of the children of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.
Context
This verse continues the enumeration of lay offenders by family line. The catalog will proceed through more households—Bebai, Bani, Pahath-moab, Harim, Hashum, Bani again, and Nebo—maintaining the methodical rhythm. The cumulative effect is a sober recognition that the problem had spread widely and required a thorough, structured solution, just as the assembly proposed earlier.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Nehemiah 7:13
The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty and five.
- Ezra 2:8
The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty and five.