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

The Dedanites were your clients. Many coastlands were your customers; they paid you with ivory tusks and ebony.

Judah and the land of Israel were your clients; they traded wheat from Minnith, millet, honey, olive oil, and balm for your merchandise.

"To what should I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to one another,

And when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. They hold fast to many other traditions: the washing of cups, pots, kettles, and dining couches.)

But when her owners saw their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities.

So he was addressing the Jews and the God-fearing Gentiles in the synagogue, and in the marketplace every day those who happened to be there.