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Ezekiel 27:16

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “Aram was your customer because of the abundance of your goods; they paid for your wares with emeralds, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral and rubies.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Syria [was] thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of thy handyworks: they traded for thy wares with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and rubies.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of thy handiworks: they traded for thy wares with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and rubies.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Syria [was] thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Syria dealt with thee for the multitude of thy handiworks: they traded in thy markets with carbuncles, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and corals, and rubies.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Syria, was a trader of thine, For the abundance of thy manufactures,—With carbuncle and purple and embroidery and fine linen and coral and rubies, Took they part in thy traffic:
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Aram [is] thy merchant, Because of the abundance of thy works, For emerald, purple, and embroidery, And fine linen, and coral, and agate, They have given out thy remnants.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— The Syrian was thy merchant: by reason of the multitude of thy works, they set forth precious stories, and purple, and broidered works, and fine linen, and silk, and chodchod in thy market.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— They of Aram were thy marchants for the multitude of thy wares: they occupied in thy faires with emerauds, purple, ? broidred worke, and fine linen, and corall, and pearle.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Syria [was] thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the [wares] of thy making: they occupied in thy faires with Emeraulds, purple, and broidered worke, and fine linen, and Corall, and Agate.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Edom was your market place by reason of many of your products: your purple, fine linen, embroidered work, purple robes, bracelets, and agate.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— [even] men [as] thy merchandise, from the multitude of thy trading [population], myrrh and embroidered works from Tharshish{gr.Tharsis}: Ramoth also and Chorchor furnished thy market.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Aram [was] thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
´Áräm אֲרָם 758
{0758} Prime
אֲרַם
'Aram
{a-rawm'}
From the same as H0759; the highland; Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of a son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, 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 the wares of thy making: 4639
{4639} Prime
מַעֲשֶׂה
ma`aseh
{mah-as-eh'}
From H6213; an action (good or bad); generally a transaction; abstractly activity; by implication a product (specifically a poem) or (generally) property.
they occupied 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).
with emeralds, 5306
{5306} Prime
נֹפֶךְ
nophek
{no'-fek}
From an unused root meaning to glisten; shining; a gem, probably the garnet.
purple, 713
{0713} Prime
אַרְגָּמָן
'argaman
{ar-gaw-mawn'}
Of foreign origin; purple (the color or the dyed stuff).
and broidered work, 7553
{7553} Prime
רִקְמָה
riqmah
{rik-maw'}
From H7551; variegation of color; specifically embroidery.
and fine linen, 948
{0948} Prime
בּוּץ
buwts
{boots}
From an unused root (of the same form) meaning to bleach, that is, (intransitively) be white; probably cotton (of some sort).
and coral, 7215
{7215} Prime
רָאמָה
ra'mah
{raw-maw'}
From H7213; something high in value, that is, perhaps coral.
and agate. 3539
{3539} Prime
כַּדְכֹּד
kadkod
{kad-kobe'}
From the same as H3537 in the sense of striking fire from a metal forged; a sparkling gem, probably the ruby.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Ezekiel 27:16

_ _ “Syria was thy mart for the multitude,” etc. For “Syria” the Septuagint reads “Edom.” But the Syrians were famed as merchants.

_ _ occupiedold English for “traded”; so in Luke 19:13.

_ _ agate — Others translate, “ruby,” “chalcedony,” or “pearls.”

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Ezekiel 27:1-25.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ezekiel 27:16

The multitude — The abundance of the Tyrian manufactures.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
Syria:

Genesis 10:22 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
, Aram,
Genesis 28:5 And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.
Judges 10:6 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, and served not him.
2 Samuel 8:5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
2 Samuel 10:6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand men.
2 Samuel 15:8 For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD.
Isaiah 7:2 And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.

the wares of thy making:
Heb. thy works

agate:
or, chrysoprase.
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Gn 10:22; 28:5. Jg 10:6. 2S 8:5; 10:6; 15:8. Is 7:2.

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