Parallel Verses

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:

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.

Holman Bible

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

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.

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 a trader of thine. For the abundance of all wealth, - With silver iron. tin and lead, Took they part in thy traffic: 13 Javan. Tubal and Meshech, They were merchants of thine, - With the persons of men and vessels of bronze, Shared they in thy barter: 14 Some of the house of Togarmah, with horses and horsemen and mules, Took part in thy traffic:

Cross References

Genesis 10:2

The sons of Japheth: Gomer and Magog, and Madai, and Javan and Tubal, - and Meshech, and Tiras.

Isaiah 66:19

Then will I set among them, a sign, And will send, of them such as have escaped unto the nations - Tarshish Pul and Lud that draw the bow, Tubal and Javan, - The Coastlands that are afar off, Who have not heard my fame Nor seen my glory, And they shall tell my glory throughout the nations.

1 Chronicles 1:5

The sons of Japheth, Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech and Tiras.

Ezekiel 39:1

Thou therefore son of man. Prophesy against Gog, and thou shalt say, Thus saith My Lord Yahweh: Behold me! against thee O Gog Prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal.

Revelation 18:13

and cinnamon, and spice, and incense, and unguent, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and cattle, and sheep, and cargo of horses, and of chariots, and of bodies, and lives of men.

Ezekiel 32:26

There, are Meshech-Tuba and all her multitude, Round about it, are her graves, - All of them I uncircumcised Who were thrust through with the sword, For that they made themselves a terror in the land of the living;

Joel 3:3

And, for my people, they cast lots, - and gave a boy for a harlot, and a girl sold they for wine - and drank.

Genesis 10:4

And the sons of Javan: Elisha, and Tarshish. Kittim, and Rodanim, -

1 Chronicles 1:7

And, the sons of Javan, Elishah, and Tarshish, - Kittim, and Rodanim.

Ezekiel 27:19

Wedan and Javan, from Uzal, Brought into thy traffic, - Steel, cassia and calamus, Were, in thy merchandise:

Ezekiel 38:2-3

So of man Set thy face against Gog, of the land of the Magog, Princes of Rash Meshech and Tubal,- And prophesy concerning him,

Daniel 8:21

and, the he-goat, is the king of Greece, - and, the great horn which was between his eyes, the same, is the first king.

Daniel 10:20

And he said, Knowest thou wherefore I am come unto thee? But, now, must I return to fight with the ruler of Persia; I, therefore am going forth, and lo! the ruler of Greece, is coming.

Daniel 11:2

and, now, the truth, I will tell thee: - Lo! there are, yet three kings, to arise - belonging to Persia, and, the fourth, will amass greater riches than they all, and, when he hath strengthened himself in his riches, the whole, will stir up, the kingdom of Greece.

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