Ezekiel 27 · Verse 16

Ezekiel 27:16

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.
Ezekiel 27:16, King James Version

Ezekiel 27:16 in other translations

BSBAram was your customer because of your many products; they exchanged turquoise, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies for your wares.
WEB“‘“Syria was your merchant by reason of the multitude of your handiworks. They traded for your wares with emeralds, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies.
ASVSyria 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.
YLTAram 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.
DARBYSyria 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.
BBEEdom did business with you because of the great number of things which you made; they gave emeralds, purple, and needlework, and the best linen and coral and rubies for your goods.
WebsterSyria 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.

What does Ezekiel 27:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
16. "Syria was thy mart for the multitude," &c. For "Syria" the Septuagint reads "Edom." But the Syrians were famed as merchants. occupied--old English for "traded"; so in Lu 19:13. agate--Others translate, "ruby," "chalcedony," or "pearls."

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 Syria - These were always a mercantile people. For the precious stones mentioned here see the notes on Exo 28:17 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 27:1-25

The merchandise of Tyre. (Ezek 27:1-25) Its fall and ruin. (Ezek 27:26-36) Verses 1-25 Those who live at ease are to be lamented, if they are not prepared for trouble. Let none reckon themselves beautified, any further than they are sanctified. The account of the trade of Tyre intimates, that God's eye is upon men when employed in worldly business. Not only when at church, praying and hearing, but when in markets…

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Ezekiel 27:16 in the original Hebrew

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אֲרָ֥ם'a.RamAramH758
סֹחַרְתֵּ֖ךְso.char.Tekh[was] trader yourH5503
מֵרֹ֣בme.Rofrom [the] abundance ofH7230
מַעֲשָׂ֑יִךְma.'a.Sa.yikhproducts yourH4639
בְּ֠נֹפֶךְBe.no.fekhfor turquoiseH5306
אַרְגָּמָ֨ן'ar.ga.ManpurpleH713
וְרִקְמָ֤הve.rik.Mahand multicolored clothH7553
וּבוּץ֙u.Vutzand fine linenH948
וְרָאמֹ֣תve.ra.Motand coralsH7215
וְכַדְכֹּ֔דve.khad.Kodand rubyH3539
נָתְנ֖וּna.te.Nuthey exchangedH5414
בְּעִזְבוֹנָֽיִךְ\׃be.'iz.vo.Na.yikhfor wares yourH5801

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Cross references for Ezekiel 27:16

  • 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.

  • Ezekiel 28:13

    Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.

  • Genesis 28:5

    And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padan–aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother.

  • Genesis 10:22

    The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

  • 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 Beth–rehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ish–tob 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.

  • 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.

  • Isaiah 7:1-8

    And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it. 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. Then said the Lord unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear–jashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s field; And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Syria.
Ge 10:22
Aram.
Ge 28:5; Jud 10:6; 2Sa 8:5; 10:6; 15:8; Isa 7:2
the wares of thy making. Heb. thy works. agate. or,chrysoprase.

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Context

  • Ezekiel 27:15

    The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns of ivory and ebony.

  • Ezekiel 27:16

    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.

  • Ezekiel 27:17

    Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants: they traded in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm.

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Ezekiel 27:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Siria fué tu mercadera por la multitud de tus labores: con perlas, y púrpura, y vestidos bordados, y linos finos, y corales, y rubíes, dió en tus ferias.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
La Syrie commerçait avec toi à cause de la multitude de tes ouvrages; ils fournissaient tes marchés d’escarboucles, de pourpre, de broderie, et de fin lin, et de corail, et de rubis.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Aram trieb Handel mit dir wegen der Menge deiner Erzeugnisse; mit Karfunkeln, rotem Purpur und Buntwirkerei und Byssus und Korallen und Rubinen bezahlten sie deinen Absatz.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Syrus negotiator tuus propter multitudinem operum tuorum: gemmam, et purpuram, et scutulata, et byssum, et sericum, et chodchod proposuerunt in mercatu tuo.