Ezekiel 27:21

19 and casks of wine from Izal for your wares. Wrought iron, cassia, and sweet cane were exchanged for your merchandise.

20 Dedan was your merchant in saddlecloths for riding.

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.

23 Haran, Canneh, and Eden traded with you, and so did the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad.

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
Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your customers, trading in lambs, rams, and goats.
KJV
Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they thy merchants.
WEB
“‘“Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your favorite dealers in lambs, rams, and goats. In these, they were your merchants.
ASV
Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they were the merchants of thy hand; in lambs, and rams, and goats, in these were they thy merchants.
DARBY
Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were the merchants of thy hand: in lambs, and rams, and goats, in these did they trade with thee.
BLB
Arabia and all the princes of Kedar, they [were] trading with you in lambs, and rams, and goats—in these they were your merchants.
ÅB
Arabia og alle Kedars fyrster mottok varer av din hånd; med lam og værer og bukker handlet de med deg.
OTB
“‘Arabia og alle Keders fyrster var dine kunder, og handlet med lam, værer og geiter.
B1930
Arabia og alle Kedars fyrster mottok varer av din hånd; med lam og værer og bukker handlet de med dig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 60:7

    All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth will serve you and go up on My altar with acceptance; I will adorn My glorious house.

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  • Genesis 25:13

    These are the names of the sons of Ishmael in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

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  • Acts 2:11

    both Jews and converts to Judaism; Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!”

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  • Song of Solomon 1:5

    I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.

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  • 2 Chronicles 17:11

    Some Philistines also brought gifts and silver as tribute to Jehoshaphat, and the Arabs brought him 7,700 rams and 7,700 goats from their flocks.

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  • 1 Kings 10:15

    not including the revenue from the merchants, traders, and all the Arabian kings and governors of the land.

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  • Isaiah 21:16

    For this is what the Lord says to me: “Within one year, as a hired worker would count it, all the glory of Kedar will be gone.

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  • Jeremiah 25:24

    all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed tribes who dwell in the desert;

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