Ezekiel 27:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Dedan was your merchant in saddlecloths for riding.”
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BSBPD
“Dedan was your merchant in saddlecloths for riding.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Dedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Dedan was thy trafficker in precious cloths for riding.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Dedan <FI>is<Fi> thy merchant, For clothes of freedom for riding.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Ezekiel 27:20 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 10:7The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
- Genesis 25:3Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were the Asshurites, the Letushites, and the Leummites.
- Ezekiel 25:13therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off from it both man and beast. I will make it a wasteland, and from Teman to Dedan they will fall by the sword.
- Ezekiel 27:15The men of Dedan were your clients; many coastlands were your market; they paid you with ivory tusks and ebony.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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