complete verse (Ezra 10:26)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezra 10:26:

  • Kupsabiny: “From the house/family of Elam were Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “From the family of Elam — Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth and Elijah.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Matania, Zacarias, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremot, and Elias, who came-from the family of Elam;” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)

Translation commentary on Ezra 10:26 - 10:28

Zabbai in verse 28 is referred to in Neh 3.20. His son Baruch was one of the builders of the wall of Jerusalem. The other men are not mentioned elsewhere.

Quoted with permission from Noss, Philip A. and Thomas, Kenneth J. A Handbook on Ezra. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2005. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .

SIL Translator’s Notes on Ezra 10:26

10:26 From the descendants of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah.

Those who descended from Elam were Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah.
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From the sub-clan of Elam, there were Mattaniah and Zechariah and Jehiel and Abdi and Jeremoth and Elijah.
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Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah came from the clan of Elam.

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