Ezekiel 27:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Tarshish was your merchant because of your great wealth of goods; they exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your wares.”
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“Tarshish was your merchant because of your great wealth of goods; they exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your wares.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded for thy wares.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Tarshish <FI>is<Fi> thy merchant, Because of the abundance of all wealth, For silver, iron, tin, and lead, They have given out thy remnants.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezekiel 27:12 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 10:4And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.
- 1 Kings 10:22For the king had the ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
- 1 Kings 22:48Jehoshaphat built ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail, because they were wrecked at Ezion-geber.
- 2 Chronicles 9:21For the king had the ships of Tarshish that went with Hiram’s servants, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
- 2 Chronicles 20:36They agreed to make ships to go to Tarshish, and these were built in Ezion-geber.
- Psalms 72:10May the kings of Tarshish and distant shores bring tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.
- Isaiah 2:16against every ship of Tarshish, and against every stately vessel.
- Isaiah 23:6Cross over to Tarshish; wail, O inhabitants of the coastland!
- Isaiah 23:10Cultivate your land like the Nile, O Daughter of Tarshish; there is no longer a harbor.
- Isaiah 23:14Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for your harbor has been destroyed!
- Isaiah 60:9Surely the islands will wait for Me, with the ships of Tarshish in the lead, to bring your children from afar, with their silver and gold, to the honor of the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, for He has glorified you.
- Jeremiah 10:9Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz— the work of a craftsman from the hands of a goldsmith. Their clothes are blue and purple, all fashioned by skilled workers.
- Ezekiel 27:16Aram was your customer because of your many products; they exchanged turquoise, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies for your wares.
- Ezekiel 27:18Because of your many products and your great wealth of goods, Damascus traded with you wine from Helbon, wool from Zahar,
- Ezekiel 38:13Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish with all its villages will ask, ‘Have you come to capture the plunder? Have you assembled your hordes to carry away loot, to make off with silver and gold, to take cattle and goods, to seize great spoil?’
- Jonah 1:3Jonah, however, got up to flee to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard to sail for Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD.
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