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 Domain
ASVPD

“Dedan was thy trafficker in precious cloths for riding.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Dedan <FI>is<Fi> thy merchant, For clothes of freedom for riding.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ezekiel 27:20 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 10:7The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
  2. Genesis 25:3Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were the Asshurites, the Letushites, and the Leummites.
  3. 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.
  4. 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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