Ezekiel 27 · Verse 19

Ezekiel 27:19

Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market.
Ezekiel 27:19, King James Version

Ezekiel 27:19 in other translations

BSBand casks of wine from Izal for your wares. Wrought iron, cassia, and sweet cane were exchanged for your merchandise.
WEB“‘“Vedan and Javan traded with yarn for your wares; wrought iron, cassia, and calamus were among your merchandise.
ASVVedan and Javan traded with yarn for thy wares: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were among thy merchandise.
YLTVedan and Javan go about with thy remnants, They have given shining iron, cassia, and cane, In thy merchandise it hath been.
DARBYVedan and Javan of Uzal traded in thy markets: wrought iron, cassia, and calamus were in thy traffic.
BBE... for your goods: they gave polished iron and spices for your goods.
WebsterDan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market.

What does Ezekiel 27:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
19. 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 admits, "from Uzal." This is added to "Javan," to mark which Javan is meant (Ge 10:27). The metropolis of Arabia Felix, or Yemen; called also Sanaa [Bochart]. English Version gives a good sense, thus: All peoples, whether near as the Israelite "Dan," or far as the Greeks or "Javan," who were wont to "go to and fro" from their love of traffic, frequented thy marts, bringing bright iron, &c., these products not being necessarily represented as those of Dan or Javan. bright iron--Yemen is still famed for its sword blades. calamus--aromatic cane.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 19 Dan 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.

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 27:19 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְדָ֤ןve.DanVedanH2051
וְיָוָן֙ve.ya.Vanand JavanH3120
מְאוּזָּ֔לme.'u.Zalfrom UzalH187
בְּעִזְבוֹנַ֖יִךְbe.'iz.vo.Na.yikhfor wares yourH5801
נָתָ֑נּוּna.Ta.nuthey exchangedH5414
בַּרְזֶ֤לbar.ZelironH1270
עָשׁוֹת֙'a.shOtwroughtH6219
קִדָּ֣הki.DahcassiaH6916
וְקָנֶ֔הve.ka.Nehand calamusH7070
בְּמַעֲרָבֵ֖ךְbe.ma.'a.ra.Vekhfor merchandise yourH4627
הָיָֽה\׃ha.Yahit wasH1961

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 27:19

  • Exodus 30:23-24

    Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels, And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:

  • Psalms 45:8

    All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.

  • Judges 18:29

    And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first.

  • Song of Solomon 4:13-14

    Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard, Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Dan.
Jud 18:29
going to and fro. or, Menzal. cassia.
Ex 30:23,24; Ps 45:8; So 4:13,14

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Context

  • Ezekiel 27:18

    Damascus was thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of thy making, for the multitude of all riches; in the wine of Helbon, and white wool.

  • Ezekiel 27:19

    Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market.

  • Ezekiel 27:20

    Dedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots.

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Ezekiel 27:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Asimismo Dan y el errante Javán dieron en tus ferias, para negociar en tu mercado de hierro labrado, mirra destilada, y caña aromática.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Vedan, et Javan d’Uzal, fournissaient tes marchés de fer ouvragé; la casse et le roseau aromatique étaient dans ton trafic.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Wedan und Jawan von Usal zahlten bearbeitetes Eisen für deinen Absatz; Kassia und Würzrohr waren für deinen Tauschhandel.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Dan, et Græcia, et Mosel, in nundinis tuis proposuerunt ferrum fabrefactum: stacte et calamus in negotiatione tua.