Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your merchants. They exchanged slaves and bronze utensils for your goods.

New American Standard Bible

Javan, Tubal and Meshech, they were your traders; with the lives of men and vessels of bronze they paid for your merchandise.

King James Version

Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.

International Standard Version

Greece, Tubal, and Meshech bartered with you, exchanging slaves and bronze vessels for your wares.

A Conservative Version

Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants. They traded the persons of men, and vessels of brass for thy merchandise.

American Standard Version

Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy traffickers; they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass for thy merchandise.

Amplified

Javan (Greece), Tubal and Meshech (Asia Minor) traded with you; with the lives of men [taken as slaves] and vessels of bronze they paid for your merchandise.

Bible in Basic English

Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your traders; they gave living men and brass vessels for your goods.

Darby Translation

Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy traffickers: they bartered with thee the persons of men, and vessels of bronze.

Julia Smith Translation

Javan, Tubal and Meshech, they thy merchants: they gave from thy traffic in the soul of man, and vessels of brass.

King James 2000

Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were your merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of bronze in your market.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your traders; {in exchange for people} and an object of bronze they gave [you] your wares.

Modern King James verseion

Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your merchants. They traded the souls of men and vessels of bronze for your goods.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Javan, Tubal and Meshech were thy merchants, which brought the men, and ornaments of metal for thy occupying.

NET Bible

Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your clients; they exchanged slaves and bronze items for your merchandise.

New Heart English Bible

Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were your traffickers; they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass for your merchandise.

The Emphasized Bible

Javan. Tubal and Meshech, They were merchants of thine, - With the persons of men and vessels of bronze, Shared they in thy barter:

Webster

Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded in the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.

World English Bible

Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were your traffickers; they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass for your merchandise.

Youngs Literal Translation

Javan, Tubal, and Meshech -- they are thy merchants, For persons of men, and vessels of brass, They have given out thy merchandise.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
יון 
Yavan 
Usage: 11

תּבל תּוּבל 
Tuwbal 
Usage: 8

and Meshech
משׁך 
meshek 
Usage: 9

רכל 
Rakal 
Usage: 17

נתן 
Nathan 
Usage: 2011

the persons
נפשׁ 
Nephesh 
Usage: 753

of men
אדם 
'adam 
Usage: 541

and vessels
כּלי 
K@liy 
Usage: 325

of brass
נחשׁת 
N@chosheth 
Usage: 140

Context Readings

A Lament For Doomed Tyre

12 “Tarshish was your trading partner because of your great wealth of every kind. They exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your merchandise. 13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your merchants. They exchanged slaves and bronze utensils for your goods. 14 Those from Beth-togarmah exchanged horses, war horses, and mules for your merchandise.


Cross References

Genesis 10:2

Japheth’s sons: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

Isaiah 66:19

I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put, Lud (who are archers), Tubal, Javan, and the islands far away—who have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. And they will proclaim My glory among the nations.

1 Chronicles 1:5

Japheth’s sons: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

Ezekiel 39:1

“As for you, son of man, prophesy against Gog and say: This is what the Lord God says: Look, I am against you, Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.

Revelation 18:13

cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; wine, olive oil, fine wheat flour, and grain; cattle and sheep; horses and carriages; and slaves and human lives.

Ezekiel 32:26

Meshech and Tubal are there,
with all their hordes.
Their graves are all around them.
All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword,
although their terror was once spread
in the land of the living.

Joel 3:3

They cast lots for My people;
they bartered a boy for a prostitute
and sold a girl for wine to drink.

Genesis 10:4

And Javan’s sons: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

1 Chronicles 1:7

Javan’s sons: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.

Ezekiel 27:19

Vedan and Javan from Uzal dealt in your merchandise; wrought iron, cassia, and aromatic cane were exchanged for your goods.

Ezekiel 38:2-3

“Son of man, turn your face toward Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. Prophesy against him

Daniel 8:21

The shaggy goat represents the king of Greece, and the large horn between his eyes represents the first king.

Daniel 10:20

He said, “Do you know why I’ve come to you? I must return at once to fight against the prince of Persia, and when I leave, the prince of Greece will come.

Daniel 11:2

Now I will tell you the truth.

“Three more kings will arise in Persia, and the fourth will be far richer than the others. By the power he gains through his riches, he will stir up everyone against the kingdom of Greece.

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