Ezekiel 27 · Verse 20

Ezekiel 27:20

Dedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots.
Ezekiel 27:20, King James Version

Ezekiel 27:20 in other translations

BSBDedan was your merchant in saddlecloths for riding.
WEB“‘“Dedan was your merchant in precious saddle blankets for riding.
ASVDedan was thy trafficker in precious cloths for riding.
YLTDedan is thy merchant, For clothes of freedom for riding.
DARBYDedan was thy trafficker in precious riding-cloths.
BBEDedan did trade with you in cloths for the backs of horses.
WebsterDedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots.

What does Ezekiel 27:20 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
20. Dedan--in Arabia; distinct from the Dedan in Eze 27:15 (see on Eze 27:15). Descended from Abraham and Keturah (Ge 25:3) [Bochart]. precious clothes--splendid coverlets.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 20 Dedan - Possibly the descendants of Dedan, son of Raamah, see Gen 10:7. In precious clothes for chariots - Either fine carpets, or rich housings for horses, camels, etc., used for riding.

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 27:20 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.

דְּדָן֙de.DanDedanH1719
רֹֽכַלְתֵּ֔ךְro.khal.Tekh[was] trader yourH7402
בְבִגְדֵי\־ve.vig.dei-for clothes ofH899
חֹ֖פֶשׁCho.feshmaterialH2667
לְרִכְבָּֽה\׃le.rikh.Bahfor ridingH7396

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 27:20

  • Genesis 25:3

    And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.

  • 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Dedan.
15; Ge 25:3
precious clothes. Heb. clothes of freedom.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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.

  • Ezekiel 27:21

    Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they thy merchants.

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Ezekiel 27:20 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Dedán fué tu mercadera con paños preciosos para carros.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Dedan était ton marchand en draps précieux pour housses de cheval.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Dedan trieb Handel mit dir in Prachtdecken zum Reiten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Dedan institores tui in tapetibus ad sedendum.