Ezekiel 27:15
The men of Dedan were your merchants; many coastlands were your clients; they paid you with ivory tusks and ebony wood as your payments.
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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns of ivory and ebony.
KJV1611 – Modern English
The men of Dedan were your merchants; many islands were the merchandise of your hand: they brought you in exchange horns of ivory and ebony.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns of ivory and ebony.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
The men{H1121} of Dedan{H1719} were thy traffickers;{H7402} many{H7227} isles{H339} were the mart{H5506} of thy hand:{H3027} they brought{H7725} thee in exchange{H814} horns{H7161} of ivory{H8127} and ebony.{H1894}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
The men{H1121} of Dedan{H1719} were thy merchants{H7402}{(H8802)}; many{H7227} isles{H339} were the merchandise{H5506} of thine hand{H3027}: they brought{H7725}{(H8689)} thee for a present{H814} horns{H7161} of ivory{H8127} and ebony{H1894}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
They off Dedan were thy marchautes: and many other Iles that occupyed with the, brought the wethers, elephat bones and Paycockes for a present
Geneva Bible (1560)
The men of Dedan were thy marchantes: and the marchandise of many yles were in thine handes: they brought thee for a present hornes, teeth, and peacockes.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
They of Dedan were thy marchaunts, and many iles the marchaundise of thy handes, & brought thee hornes, teeth, and Hebenus, for presentes.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
The men of Dedan [were] thy merchants; many isles [were] the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee [for] a present horns of ivory and ebony.
Webster's Bible (1833)
The men of Dedan were your traffickers; many isles were the market of your hand: they brought you in exchange horns of ivory and ebony.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
Sons of Dedan `are' thy merchants, Many isles `are' the mart of thy hand, Horns of ivory and ebony they sent back thy reward.
American Standard Version (1901)
The men of Dedan were thy traffickers; many isles were the mart of thy hand: they brought thee in exchange horns of ivory and ebony.
American Standard Version (1901)
The men of Dedan were thy traffickers; many isles were the mart of thy hand: they brought thee in exchange horns of ivory and ebony.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
The men of Rodan were your traders: a great number of sea-lands did business with you: they gave you horns of ivory and ebony as an offering.
World English Bible (2000)
The men of Dedan were your traffickers; many islands were the market of your hand: they brought you in exchange horns of ivory and ebony.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
The Dedanites were your clients. Many coastlands were your customers; they paid you with ivory tusks and ebony.
Referenced Verses
- Gen 10:7 : 7 The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.
- 1 Kgs 10:22 : 22 The king had a fleet of ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet. Once every three years, the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
- Rev 18:12 : 12 cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, pearls, fine linen, purple, silk, crimson, all kinds of scented wood, every article of ivory, every article made of the most costly wood, and of bronze, iron, and marble,
- Ezek 27:20 : 20 The men of Dedan were your merchants, dealing in luxurious garments for chariot riders.
- Jer 25:23 : 23 Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who clip the corners of their hair.
- Jer 49:8 : 8 Flee! Turn back! Hide deep in the caves, O inhabitants of Dedan, for I will bring calamity upon Esau at the time of my punishment.
- Ezek 25:13 : 13 Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will stretch out my hand against Edom and cut off both man and beast from it. I will make it a wasteland from Teman to Dedan, and they will fall by the sword.
- 1 Chr 1:9 : 9 The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
- 1 Chr 1:32 : 32 The sons born to Keturah, Abraham's concubine: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.
- Gen 25:3 : 3 Jokshan fathered Sheba and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were the Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim.
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Ezek 27:16-2712 verses86%
16 Aram traded with you because of the vast amount of your products; they exchanged turquoise, purple fabric, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies for your wares.
17 Judah and the land of Israel were your merchants. They traded wheat from Minnith, sweet confections, honey, oil, and balm for your merchandise.
18 Damascus traded with you because of the abundance of your goods and the multitude of your wealth, offering wine from Helbon and fine white wool.
19 Dan and Javan from Uzal exchanged your goods for wrought iron, cassia, and aromatic cane, contributing to your merchandise.
20 The men of Dedan were your merchants, dealing in luxurious garments for chariot riders.
21 Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were merchants at your service, trading lambs, rams, and goats with you.
22 The merchants of Sheba and Raamah traded with you, offering the finest spices, precious stones, and gold in exchange for your wares.
23 Haran, Canneh, and Eden, as well as the merchants of Sheba, Assyria, and Chilmad, traded with you.
24 They sold you luxurious items, embroidered blue and multicolored garments, treasures of fine clothes, bound with strong cords, packed securely for your market.
25 The ships of Tarshish carried your goods as your trading fleet. You were filled with merchandise and became glorious in the heart of the seas.
26 Your rowers brought you into deep waters, but the east wind broke you apart in the heart of the seas.
27 Your wealth, merchandise, wares, sailors, pilots, ship-repairers, merchants, and all your warriors, along with the people in your midst, will sink into the heart of the seas on the day of your ruin.
- Ezek 27:12-143 verses83%
12 Tarshish traded with you because of your great wealth of goods, exchanging silver, iron, tin, and lead for your wares.
13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech traded with you; they exchanged human lives and bronze articles for your merchandise.
14 From Beth Togarmah, they traded horses, war horses, and mules for your goods.
- Ezek 27:33-342 verses77%
33 When your merchandise went out to the seas, you satisfied many peoples. With your abundant wealth and your goods, you enriched the kings of the earth.
34 Now that you are broken in the seas, in the depths of the waters, your goods and all your company have fallen in your midst.
- Rev 18:11-144 verses77%
11 The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn for her, because no one buys their cargo anymore—
12 cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, pearls, fine linen, purple, silk, crimson, all kinds of scented wood, every article of ivory, every article made of the most costly wood, and of bronze, iron, and marble,
13 and cinnamon, spice, incense, ointment, frankincense, wine, olive oil, fine flour, wheat, cattle, sheep, horses, chariots, and human bodies and souls.
14 The fruit your soul longed for has departed from you. All your luxurious and splendid things are lost to you, never to be found again.
- Ezek 27:3-75 verses75%
3 and say to Tyre, situated at the gateways of the sea, a merchant of peoples to many coastlands: 'Thus says the Lord God: Tyre, you have declared, "I am perfect in beauty."'
4 Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders have perfected your beauty.
5 They made all your planks from cypress trees from Senir; they took cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
6 They crafted your oars from oaks of Bashan; they made your deck of inlaid ivory from boxwood from the coastlands of Cyprus.
7 Fine embroidered linen from Egypt was your sail, serving as your banner; blue and purple fabric from the coastlands of Elishah was your covering.
- Ezek 27:9-102 verses74%
9 The elders of Gebal and its skilled workers repaired your leaks; all the ships of the sea and their sailors came to deal in your trade.
10 Men of Persia, Lydia, and Put served as warriors in your army; they hung their shields and helmets in you, enhancing your splendor.
- Ezek 38:12-132 verses73%
12 You will come to seize spoil and carry off plunder, to turn your hand against resettled ruins and against a people gathered from the nations, people acquiring livestock and goods, who live at the center of the land.
13 Sheba, Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish with all their young lions will say to you: ‘Have you come to seize spoil? Have you gathered your hordes to carry off silver and gold, to take away livestock and possessions, to make off with great plunder?’
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15 This did not include the income from the merchants, traders, and all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the land.
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5 By your great skill in trading, you have increased your wealth, and your heart has grown proud because of your wealth.
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6 A multitude of camels will cover you, the young camels of Midian and Ephah; all those from Sheba will come. They will bring gold and frankincense and will proclaim the praises of the Lord.
- Jer 25:22-232 verses70%
22 All the kings of Tyre and all the kings of Sidon; the kings of the coastlands across the sea.
23 Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who clip the corners of their hair.
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21 The king's ships, operated with Huram’s servants, went to Tarshish once every three years. They brought back gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
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8 Who has planned this against Tyre, the giver of crowns, whose merchants were princes, whose traders were honored in the earth?
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22 The king had a fleet of ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet. Once every three years, the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
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15 This is how it will be for those with whom you have labored, those who have traded with you from your youth; each one wanders to his own way—there is no one to save you.
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14 not counting what the merchants and traders brought. All the kings of Arabia and the governors of the land also brought gold and silver to Solomon.
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13 This is a prophecy about Arabia: You will camp in the thickets of Arabia, O caravans of Dedanites.
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13 So you were adorned with gold and silver, and your garments were of fine linen, silk, and embroidery. You ate fine flour, honey, and oil, and you became exceedingly beautiful and advanced to royalty.
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5 For you took my silver and my gold and carried my precious treasures into your temples.
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9 Surely the coastlands will wait for me; the ships of Tarshish will come first, bringing your sons from afar, their silver and gold with them, for the name of the Lord your God, and for the Holy One of Israel, because He has glorified you.
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42 The sound of a carefree crowd was with her, and drunkards were brought from the desert. They put bracelets on their wrists and beautiful crowns on their heads.
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28 Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue—the king’s merchants purchased them from Kue at the standard price.
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16 Solomon's horses were imported from Egypt and from Kue—the king’s traders bought them from Kue at the market price.
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14 This is what the LORD says: The wealth of Egypt, the merchandise of Cush, and the tall Sabeans will come over to you and become yours. They will walk behind you, coming in chains. They will bow down to you and plead with you, saying, 'Surely God is with you, and there is no other; there is no other God.'
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40 Furthermore, they sent for men from far away, messengers were dispatched to them, and they came. You bathed yourself, painted your eyes, and adorned yourself with jewelry.
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17 You also took the fine jewelry made of gold and silver that I had given you, and you made male idols for yourself and engaged in prostitution with them.