Ezekiel 27:20
18 Because of your many products and your great wealth of goods, Damascus traded with you wine from Helbon, wool from Zahar,
19 and casks of wine from Izal for your wares. Wrought iron, cassia, and sweet cane were exchanged for your merchandise.
Dedan was your merchant in saddlecloths for riding.
21 Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your customers, trading in lambs, rams, and goats.
22 The merchants of Sheba and Raamah traded with you; for your wares they exchanged gold, the finest of all spices, and precious stones.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Dedan was your merchant in saddlecloths for riding.
- KJV
- Dedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots.
- WEB
- “‘“Dedan was your merchant in precious saddle blankets for riding.
- ASV
- Dedan was thy trafficker in precious cloths for riding.
- DARBY
- Dedan was thy trafficker in precious riding-cloths.
- BLB
- Dedan was your merchant in saddlecloths for riding.
- ÅB
- Dedan handlet med deg med dekkener til å ride på.
- OTB
- “‘Dedan handlet med salunderlag med deg.
- B1930
- Dedan handlet med dig med dekkener til å ride på.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 25:3
Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were the Asshurites, the Letushites, and the Leummites.
Read in contextEzekiel 27:15
The men of Dedan were your clients; many coastlands were your market; they paid you with ivory tusks and ebony.
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