Jeremiah 25:23
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who cut the corners of their hair;”
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BSBPD
“Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who cut the corners of their hair;”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners,”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that have the corners of their hair cut off;”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, And all cutting the corners <FI>of the beard<Fi> ,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Jeremiah 25:23 — 14 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 22:21Uz the firstborn, his brother Buz, Kemuel (the father of Aram),
- Genesis 25:15Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
- 1 Chronicles 1:30Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema,
- Job 6:19The caravans of Tema look for water; the travelers of Sheba hope to find it.
- Isaiah 21:13This is the burden against Arabia: In the thickets of Arabia you must lodge, O caravans of Dedanites.
- Jeremiah 9:25“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish all who are circumcised yet uncircumcised:
- Jeremiah 9:26Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all the inhabitants of the desert who clip the hair of their temples. For all these nations are uncircumcised, and the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.”
- Jeremiah 49:7Concerning Edom, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed?
- Jeremiah 49:8Turn and run! Lie low, O dwellers of Dedan, for I will bring disaster on Esau at the time I punish him.
- Jeremiah 49:28Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated, this is what the LORD says: “Rise up, advance against Kedar, and destroy the people of the east!
- Jeremiah 49:32Their camels will become plunder, and their large herds will be spoil. I will scatter to the wind in every direction those who shave their temples; I will bring calamity on them from all sides,” declares the LORD.
- 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 27:20Dedan was your merchant in saddlecloths for riding.
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