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Ezekiel 27:12

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “Tarshish was your customer because of the abundance of all [kinds] of wealth; with silver, iron, tin and lead they paid for your wares.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— 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.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— 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 (ASV 1901) [2]
— 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.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— 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.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Tarshish dealt with thee by reason of the abundance of all substance; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they furnished thy markets.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Tarshish, was a trader of thine, For the abundance of all wealth,—With silver, iron, tin and lead, Took they part in thy traffic:
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Tarshish [is] thy merchant, Because of the abundance of all wealth, For silver, iron, tin, and lead, They have given out thy remnants.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— The Carthaginians thy merchants supplied thy fairs with a multitude of all kinds of riches, with silver, iron, tin, and lead,
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— They of Tarshish were thy marchantes for the multitude of all riches, for siluer, yron, tynne, and leade, which they brought to thy faires.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Tarshish [was] thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all [kinde of] riches: with siluer, yron, tinne, and lead they traded in thy faires.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Tarshish was your market place by reason of the abundance and variety of your wealth: silver, iron, tin, and lead they brought in to you for sale.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— The Carthaginians were thy merchants because of the abundance of all thy strength; they furnished thy market with silver, and gold, and iron, and tin, and lead.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— 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.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Taršîš תַּרשִׁישׁ 8659
{8659} Prime
תַּרְשִׁישׁ
Tarshiysh
{tar-sheesh'}
Probably the same as H8658 (as the region of the stone, or the reverse); Tarshish, a place on the Mediterranean, hence the epithet of a merchant vessel (as if for or from that port); also the name of a Persian and of an Israelite.
[was] thy merchant 5503
{5503} Prime
סָחַר
cachar
{saw-khar'}
A primitive root; to travel round (specifically as a pedlar); intensively to palpitate.
z8802
<8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Participle Active (See H8814)
Count - 5386
by reason of the multitude 7230
{7230} Prime
רֹב
rob
{robe}
From H7231; abundance (in any respect).
x4480
(4480) Complement
מִן
min
{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
of all x3605
(3605) Complement
כֹּל
kol
{kole}
From H3634; properly the whole; hence all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense).
[kind of] riches; 1952
{1952} Prime
הוֹן
hown
{hone}
From the same as H1951 in the sense of H0202; wealth; by implication enough.
with silver, 3701
{3701} Prime
כֶּסֶף
keceph
{keh'-sef}
From H3700; silver (from its pale color); by implication money.
iron, 1270
{1270} Prime
בַּרְזֶל
barzel
{bar-zel'}
Perhaps from the root of H1269; iron (as cutting); by extension an iron implement.
tin, 913
{0913} Prime
בְּדִיל
b@diyl
{bed-eel'}
From H0914; alloy (because removed by smelting); by analogy tin.
and lead, 5777
{5777} Prime
עוֹפֶרֶת
`owphereth
{o-feh'-reth}
Feminine participle active of H6080; lead (from its dusty color).
they traded 5414
{5414} Prime
נָתַן
nathan
{naw-than'}
A primitive root; to give, used with great latitude of application (put, make, etc.).
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
in thy fairs. 5801
{5801} Prime
עִזָּבוֹן
`izzabown
{iz-zaw-bone'}
From H5800 in the sense of letting go (for a price, that is, selling); trade, that is, the palce (mart) or the payment (revenue).
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Ezekiel 27:12

_ _ Tarshish — Tartessus in Spain, a country famed for various metals, which were exported to Tyre. Much of the “tin” probably was conveyed by the Phoenicians from Cornwall to Tarshish.

_ _ traded in thy fairs — “did barter with thee” [Fairbairn]; from a root, “to leave,” something left in barter for something else.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Ezekiel 27:1-25.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance

Ezekiel 38:13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
Genesis 10:4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
1 Kings 10:22 For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
1 Kings 22:48 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber.
2 Chronicles 20:36-37 And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Eziongeber. ... Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.
Psalms 72:10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
Isaiah 2:16 And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.
Isaiah 23:6 Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle.
Isaiah 23:10 Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: [there is] no more strength.
Isaiah 23:14 Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.
Isaiah 60:9 Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.
Jeremiah 10:9 Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple [is] their clothing: they [are] all the work of cunning [men].
Jonah 1:3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Gn 10:4. 1K 10:22; 22:48. 2Ch 20:36. Ps 72:10. Is 2:16; 23:6, 10, 14; 60:9. Jr 10:9. Ezk 38:13. Jna 1:3.

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