Ezekiel 27:19

Ezekiel 27:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market.
• New International Version (NIV)and casks of wine from Izal in exchange for your wares: wrought iron, cassia and calamus.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and casks of wine from Uzal they exchanged for your wares; wrought iron, cassia, and calamus were bartered for your merchandise.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Dan and Javan paid for your wares, traversing back and forth. Wrought iron, cassia, and cane were among your merchandise.

Context of Ezekiel 27:19

17Judah and the land of Israel, they were your traders; with the wheat of Minnith [in Ammon], cakes, honey, oil, and balm they paid for your goods. 18Damascus traded with you because of the abundance of your handiworks and the immense wealth of every kind, with the wine of Helbon [Aleppo] and the white wool [of Sachar in Syria]. Vedan and Javan traded with yarn from Uzal [in Arabia] for your wares; wrought iron, cassia, and sweet cane were among your merchandise. 20Dedan traded with you in saddle blankets for riding. 21Arabia and all the princes of Kedar, they were your customers for lambs, rams, and goats [favored by you]; for these they were your customers.

Ezekiel 27:19 word by word

וְדָ֤ן וְיָוָן֙ מְאוּזָּ֔ל בְּעִזְבוֹנַ֖יִךְ נָתָ֑נּוּ בַּרְזֶ֤ל עָשׁוֹת֙ קִדָּ֣ה וְקָנֶ֔ה בְּמַעֲרָבֵ֖ךְ הָיָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Danדָּןdân · DanH1835
• Danוְדָןvedân · casksH2051
• also and Javanיָוָןyâvân · GreeceH3120
• going to and froאָזַל'âzal · be goneH235
• occupiedנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• in thy fairsעִזָּבוֹן‛izzâbôn · wareH5801
• brightעָשׁוֹת‛âshôth · smoothH6219
• ironבַּרְזֶלbarzel · ironH1270
• cassiaקִדָּהqiddâh · cassiaH6916
• and calamusקָנֶהqâneh · branch: calamusH7070
• were in thy marketמַעֲרָבma‛ărâb · merchandiseH4627

Cross-references for Ezekiel 27:19

• Judges 18:29They named the city Dan, after Dan their forefather who was born to Israel (Jacob); however, the original name of the city was Laish.
• Exodus 30:23“Take for yourself the best spices: five hundred shekels of liquid myrrh, half as much—two hundred and fifty—of sweet-scented cinnamon, and two hundred and fifty of fragrant cane,
• Psalms 45:8All Your garments are fragrant with myrrh, aloes and cassia; From ivory palaces stringed instruments have made You glad.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 27:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19Dan also and Javan - It is probable that both these words mean some of the Grecian islands. Going to and fro - They both took and brought - imported and exported: but מאוזל meuzal, from uzal, may be a proper name. What place is signified I cannot tell, unless it be Azal, a name, according to Kamoos, of the capital of Arabia Felix.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12-24Verses 12-24 The thread broken at Ezekiel 27:8 is taken up, and the various nations are enumerated which traded with Tyre. Ezekiel 27:12 Tarshish - Tartessus in Spain (marginal references). Spain was rich in the metals named. Merchant - Especially applied to those who traveled about with caravans to carry on trade (see Genesis 23:16). Fairs - Or, “wares” Ezekiel 27:33. The word occurs only in this chapter. The foreign merchants gave their wares in return…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19from Izal: Izal (or Uzal) might have been a town in the foothills of Anatolia (a region in modern-day Turkey). Cassia and cane (or calamus) were costly perfumes.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. Dan also--None of the other places enumerated commence with the copula ("also"; Hebrew, ve). Moreover, the products specified, "cassia, calamus," apply rather to places in Arabia. Therefore, Fairbairn translates, "Vedan"; perhaps the modern Aden, near the straits of Bab-el-man-deb. Grotius refers it to Dana, mentioned by Ptolemy. Javan--not the Greeks of Europe or Asia Minor, but of a Greek settlement in Arabia. going to and fro--rather, as Hebrew…Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 27:19

• Calamus
• Cassia
• Commerce
• Dan
• Imports
• Iron
• Javan
• Market
• Vedan

In the dictionaries

• Dan
• Calamus
• Cassia
• Ezekiel, Book of
• Fairs
• Hiss
• Iron
• Javan
• Occupy
• Trade

Commentaries on Ezekiel 27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings