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They traded turquoise, purple dyes, embroidery, fine linen, and jewelry of coral and rubies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/27.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Syria did business with you because of your abundant goods; they exchanged for your wares emeralds, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and ruby.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/27.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Aram was your customer because of your many products; they exchanged turquoise, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies for your wares.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/27.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Syria <i>was</i> 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/27.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Syria <i>was</i> your merchant because of the abundance of goods you made. They gave you for your wares emeralds, purple, embroidery, fine linen, corals, and rubies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/27.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Aram was your customer because of the abundance of your goods; they paid for your merchandise with emeralds, purple, colorfully woven cloth, fine linen, coral, and rubies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/27.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Aram was your customer because of the abundance of your goods; they paid for your wares with emeralds, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral and rubies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/27.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Aram was your customer because of the abundance of your goods; they paid for your wares with emeralds, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/27.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Aram was your customer because of the abundance of your goods; they paid for your wares with emeralds, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/27.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Aram traded with you because of the abundance of the goods you made. They paid for your merchandise with emeralds, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/27.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Aram was your trading partner because of your numerous products. They exchanged turquoise, purple and embroidered cloth, fine linen, coral, and rubies for your merchandise.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/27.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Aram was your trading partner because of your numerous products. They exchanged turquoise, purple and embroidered cloth, fine linen, coral, and rubies for your merchandise. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/27.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Syria 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/27.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Edom traded emeralds, purple cloth, embroidery, fine linen, coral, and rubies. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/27.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of thy handyworks: they traded for thy wares with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and rubies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/27.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />" 'People from Syria traded with you because you had so many products. They exchanged emeralds, purple cloth, richly woven cloth, linen, coral, and rubies for your merchandise.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/27.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The people of Syria bought your merchandise and your many products. They gave emeralds, purple cloth, embroidery, fine linen, coral, and rubies in payment for your wares. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/27.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Aram was one of your customers because you had so much merchandise. They paid by trading turquoise, purple yarn, embroidered goods, Egyptian linen, coral, and rubies. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/27.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Aram was your customer because of your many products; they exchanged turquoise, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies for your wares.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/27.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Edom was your trade partner because of the abundance of your goods; they exchanged turquoise, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies for your products.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/27.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Aram was your merchant by reason of the multitude of your handiworks: they traded for your wares with emeralds, purple, and embroidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and rubies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/27.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/27.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“‘“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. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/27.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Aram [is] your merchant, "" Because of the abundance of your works, "" They have given emerald, purple, and embroidery, "" And fine linen, and coral, and agate for your wares.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/27.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Aram 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/27.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Aram thy merchant from the multitude of thy works: they gave in thy markets with the gem, reddish purple, and variegation, and byssus, and red corals, and ruby.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/27.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The Syrian was thy merchant: by reason of the multitude of thy works, they set forth precious stones, and purple, and broidered works, and fine linen, and silk, and chodchod in thy market. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/27.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />The Syrian was your merchant. Because of the multitude of your works, they offered jewels, and purple, and patterned cloth, and fine linen, and silk, and other valuables in your market.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/27.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Edom traded with you for your many wares: garnets, purple dye, embroidered cloth, Fine linen, coral, and rubies they gave you as merchandise. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/27.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Edom did business with you because of your abundant goods; they exchanged for your wares turquoise, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/27.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Edom was your market place by reason of many of your products: your purple, fine linen, embroidered work, purple robes, bracelets, and agate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/27.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Edum in the place of your merchandise and the multitude of your works, purple and fine white linen and embroidery, and dark blue and silk and ornaments they brought to you for sale<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/27.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Aram was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of thy wealth; they traded for thy wares with carbuncles, purple, and richly woven work, and fine linen, and coral, and rubies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/27.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br /><i>even</i> men <i>as</i> thy merchandise, from the multitude of thy trading <i>population</i>, myrrh and embroidered works from Tharsis: Ramoth also and Chorchor furnished thy market.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/27-16.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=7799" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/27.htm">A Lament for Tyre</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">15</span>The men of Dedan were your clients; many coastlands were your market; they paid you with ivory tusks and ebony. <span class="reftext">16</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/758.htm" title="758: ’ă·rām (N-proper-fs) -- Syria and its inhab., also the names of a son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and an Isr. ">Aram</a> <a href="/hebrew/5503.htm" title="5503: sō·ḥar·têḵ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-fsc:: 2fs) -- To go around or about, travel about. A primitive root; to travel round; intensively, to palpitate.">was your customer</a> <a href="/hebrew/7230.htm" title="7230: mê·rōḇ (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- Multitude, abundance, greatness. From rabab; abundance.">because of your many</a> <a href="/hebrew/4639.htm" title="4639: ma·‘ă·śā·yiḵ (N-mpc:: 2fs) -- A deed, work. From asah; an action; generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product or property.">products;</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: nā·ṯə·nū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">they exchanged</a> <a href="/hebrew/5306.htm" title="5306: bə·nō·p̄eḵ (Prep-b:: N-ms) -- (a precious stone) perhaps emerald. From an unused root meaning to glisten; shining; a gem, probably the garnet.">turquoise,</a> <a href="/hebrew/713.htm" title="713: ’ar·gā·mān (N-ms) -- Purple, red-purple. Of foreign origin; purple.">purple,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7553.htm" title="7553: wə·riq·māh (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- Variegated stuff. From raqam; variegation of color; specifically, embroidery.">embroidered work,</a> <a href="/hebrew/948.htm" title="948: ū·ḇūṣ (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Byssus. From an unused root meaning to bleach, i.e. be white; probably cotton.">fine linen,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7215.htm" title="7215: wə·rā·mōṯ (Conj-w:: N-fp) -- Perhaps corals. From ra'am; something high in value, i.e. Perhaps coral.">coral,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3539.htm" title="3539: wə·ḵaḏ·kōḏ (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- From the same as kad in the sense of striking fire from a metal forged; a sparkling gem, probably the ruby.">and rubies</a> <a href="/hebrew/5801.htm" title="5801: bə·‘iz·ḇō·w·nā·yiḵ (Prep-b:: N-mpc:: 2fs) -- Wares. From azab in the sense of letting go; trade, i.e. The place or the payment.">for your wares.</a> </span><span class="reftext">17</span>Judah and the land of Israel traded with you; they exchanged wheat from Minnith, cakes and honey, oil and balm for your merchandise.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-11.htm">Revelation 18:11-13</a></span><br />And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because there is no one left to buy their cargo— / cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; of fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet; of all kinds of citron wood and every article of ivory, precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble; / of cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; of wine, olive oil, fine flour, and wheat; of cattle, sheep, horses, and carriages; of bodies and souls of slaves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/23-8.htm">Isaiah 23:8</a></span><br />Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose traders are princes, whose merchants are renowned on the earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/23-3.htm">Isaiah 23:3</a></span><br />On the great waters came the grain of Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre; she was the merchant of the nations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/10-9.htm">Jeremiah 10:9</a></span><br />Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz—the work of a craftsman from the hands of a goldsmith. Their clothes are blue and purple, all fashioned by skilled workers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/10-22.htm">1 Kings 10:22</a></span><br />For the king had the ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/10-11.htm">1 Kings 10:11</a></span><br />(The fleet of Hiram that brought gold from Ophir also brought from Ophir a great cargo of almug wood and precious stones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/9-21.htm">2 Chronicles 9:21</a></span><br />For the king had the ships of Tarshish that went with Hiram’s servants, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/9-10.htm">2 Chronicles 9:10</a></span><br />(The servants of Hiram and of Solomon who brought gold from Ophir also brought algum wood and precious stones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/60-6.htm">Isaiah 60:6</a></span><br />Caravans of camels will cover your land, young camels of Midian and Ephah, and all from Sheba will come, bearing gold and frankincense and proclaiming the praises of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/60-13.htm">Isaiah 60:13</a></span><br />The glory of Lebanon will come to you—its cypress, elm, and boxwood together—to adorn the place of My sanctuary, and I will glorify the place of My feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/60-9.htm">Isaiah 60:9</a></span><br />Surely the islands will wait for Me, with the ships of Tarshish in the lead, to bring your children from afar, with their silver and gold, to the honor of the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, for He has glorified you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/2-16.htm">Isaiah 2:16</a></span><br />against every ship of Tarshish, and against every stately vessel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/2-7.htm">Isaiah 2:7</a></span><br />Their land is full of silver and gold, with no limit to their treasures; their land is full of horses, with no limit to their chariots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-19.htm">Revelation 18:19</a></span><br />Then they will throw dust on their heads as they weep and mourn and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, where all who had ships on the sea were enriched by her wealth! For in a single hour she has been destroyed.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-12.htm">Revelation 18:12</a></span><br />cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; of fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet; of all kinds of citron wood and every article of ivory, precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble;</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Syria was your merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of your making: they occupied in your fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.</p><p class="hdg">Syria</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/10-22.htm">Genesis 10:22</a></b></br> The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.</p><p class="hdg">Aram</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/28-5.htm">Genesis 28:5</a></b></br> And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/10-6.htm">Judges 10:6</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/8-5.htm">2 Samuel 8:5</a></b></br> And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/27-12.htm">Abundance</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-10.htm">Abundant</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-12.htm">Agate</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-57.htm">Aram</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-7.htm">Best</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-7.htm">Broidered</a> <a 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href="/job/31-8.htm">Products</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-7.htm">Purple</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-12.htm">Reason</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-7.htm">Richly</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-7.htm">Rubies</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-57.htm">Syria</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-15.htm">Traded</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-12.htm">Trafficked</a> <a href="/exodus/39-11.htm">Turquoise</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-14.htm">Wares</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-12.htm">Wealth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-14.htm">Work</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-8.htm">Works</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-7.htm">Woven</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/27-18.htm">Abundance</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-18.htm">Abundant</a> <a href="/revelation/21-19.htm">Agate</a> <a href="/hosea/12-12.htm">Aram</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-22.htm">Best</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-24.htm">Broidered</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-18.htm">Business</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-12.htm">Carbuncles</a> <a href="/job/28-18.htm">Coral</a> <a href="/job/28-18.htm">Corals</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-18.htm">Customer</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-18.htm">Dealt</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-29.htm">Edom</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-24.htm">Embroidered</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-13.htm">Emerald</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-17.htm">Exchanged</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-19.htm">Fairs</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-14.htm">Fine</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-17.htm">Goods</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-18.htm">Great</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-18.htm">Handiworks</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-17.htm">Linen</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-18.htm">Making</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-19.htm">Markets</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-17.htm">Merchandise</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-18.htm">Merchant</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-18.htm">Multitude</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-24.htm">Needlework</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-19.htm">Occupied</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-17.htm">Paid</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-18.htm">Products</a> <a href="/daniel/5-7.htm">Purple</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-18.htm">Reason</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-24.htm">Richly</a> <a href="/job/28-18.htm">Rubies</a> <a href="/hosea/12-12.htm">Syria</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-17.htm">Traded</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-18.htm">Trafficked</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-13.htm">Turquoise</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-18.htm">Wares</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-18.htm">Wealth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-24.htm">Work</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-18.htm">Works</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-24.htm">Woven</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 27</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/27-1.htm">The riches and commerce of Tyrus</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/27-26.htm">The great and irrecoverable fall thereof</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 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class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/27.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezekiel/27.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Aram was your customer because of your many products;</b><br>Aram, often identified with Syria, was a significant trading partner in the ancient Near East. The mention of Aram highlights the extensive trade network of Tyre, a prominent Phoenician city known for its commerce and wealth. This phrase underscores the economic prosperity and influence of Tyre, which attracted various nations, including Aram, to engage in trade. The reference to "many products" suggests the diverse and abundant goods that Tyre offered, making it a hub of international trade.<p><b>they exchanged turquoise, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies for your wares.</b><br>The items listed here are luxury goods, indicating the high value and quality of the trade between Tyre and Aram. Turquoise and rubies were precious stones highly prized in the ancient world, often used in jewelry and decoration. Purple dye, extracted from the murex shellfish, was a symbol of royalty and wealth due to its labor-intensive production process. Embroidered work and fine linen were also luxury textiles, suggesting skilled craftsmanship and artistry. Coral, used for decoration and jewelry, further emphasizes the opulence of the trade. This exchange of luxury items reflects the wealth and sophistication of Tyre's economy and its ability to attract and engage in high-value trade with other nations. The mention of these specific goods also highlights the interconnectedness of ancient economies and the cultural exchange facilitated by trade.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/a/aram.htm">Aram</a></b><br>A region often associated with the Arameans, located in present-day Syria. Known for its trade and commerce, Aram was a significant trading partner with Tyre.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/tyre.htm">Tyre</a></b><br>An ancient Phoenician city known for its wealth and extensive trade networks. Tyre is the primary subject of <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/27.htm">Ezekiel 27</a>, which describes its grandeur and eventual downfall.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/trade_goods.htm">Trade Goods</a></b><br>The verse lists items such as turquoise, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies, highlighting the wealth and variety of goods exchanged in ancient trade.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet of God who delivered messages of judgment and hope to the Israelites during their Babylonian exile. His prophecies often included vivid imagery and symbolic language.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/c/commerce_and_trade.htm">Commerce and Trade</a></b><br>The broader context of <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/27.htm">Ezekiel 27</a> is a lamentation over Tyre, emphasizing the city's role as a hub of international trade and its eventual destruction due to pride and sin.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_temporary_nature_of_earthly_wealth.htm">The Temporary Nature of Earthly Wealth</a></b><br>Tyre's wealth and splendor were ultimately fleeting. Believers are reminded to store up treasures in heaven rather than relying on material wealth.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_dangers_of_pride.htm">The Dangers of Pride</a></b><br>Tyre's downfall serves as a cautionary tale about the dangers of pride and self-reliance. Humility and dependence on God are essential virtues.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_nations.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Nations</a></b><br>The judgment of Tyre illustrates God's control over the rise and fall of nations. Believers can trust in God's ultimate plan and justice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_righteousness_in_commerce.htm">The Importance of Righteousness in Commerce</a></b><br>Ethical practices in business and trade are vital. Christians are called to conduct their affairs with integrity and fairness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophecy_in_scripture.htm">The Role of Prophecy in Scripture</a></b><br>Ezekiel's prophecies remind us of the importance of heeding God's warnings and the fulfillment of His word throughout history.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_27.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 27</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_satan_connected_to_music.htm">How is Satan connected to music?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/which_fabrics_are_in_the_bible.htm">What fabrics are mentioned in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_ezekiel_28_13_link_to_phoenicia.htm">If Ezekiel 28:13 describes precious stones that heavily imply Eden, how does this align with the historical context of a Phoenician city-state?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_ezekiel_24_24-27_conflict_with_mourning.htm">Does the command to remain silent in Ezekiel 24:24-27 conflict with other biblical instructions on mourning or expressions of grief?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/27.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(16) <span class= "bld">Emeralds.</span>--The precious stone intended here, and in <a href="/exodus/28-18.htm" title="And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.">Exodus 28:18</a>, is now generally understood to be the carbuncle. The word for "fine linen" is not that of <a href="/ezekiel/27-7.htm" title="Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which you spread forth to be your sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered you.">Ezekiel 27:7</a>, but a Ph?nician word, occurring only in the books written in the time of the captivity. It is thought to mean <span class= "ital">cotton,</span> for the woven fabrics of which Babylon was famous. Agate (marg., <span class= "ital">chrysoprase</span>) is probably the ruby, or certainly some stone of brilliancy (<a href="/isaiah/54-12.htm" title="And I will make your windows of agates, and your gates of carbuncles, and all your borders of pleasant stones.">Isaiah 54:12</a>)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/27.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 16.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Syria</span>; Hebrew, <span class="accented">Aram</span>. <span class="accented">The</span> LXX. which gives <span class="greek">ἀνθρώπους</span>, <span class="accented">seems</span> to have <span class="accented">read Adam</span> (equivalent to "man"), another instance of the fact just referred to. And this has led many commentators (Michaelis, Ewald, Hitzig, Furst) to conjecture, following the Peshito Version, that <span class="accented">Edom</span> must have been the true reading. As regards the products named, we know too little of the commerce of Edom to say whether it included them in its exports, and the fact that the <span class="cmt_word">broidered work</span> of Babylon had been famous from of old (<a href="/joshua/7-21.htm">Joshua 7:21</a>), and that it was also the oldest emporium for precious stones, may be urged in favor of the present reading, and of taking Aram in its widest sense as including Mesopotamia. On the other hand, the mention of onyx, sapphire, coral, pearls, topaz, in <a href="/job/28-16.htm">Job 28:16-19</a>, the local coloring of which is essentially Idumaean, supports the conjectural emendation. <span class="cmt_word">Emeralds</span> (comp. <a href="/exodus/28-18.htm">Exodus 28:18</a>). Some writers identify it with the carbuncle. It meets us again in <a href="/ezekiel/28-13.htm">Ezekiel 28:13</a>. The fine linen (<span class="accented">butz</span>) is different from that of Ver. 7 (<span class="accented">shesh</span>) and appears only in the later books of the Old Testament (<a href="/1_chronicles/4-21.htm">1 Chronicles 4:21</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/3-14.htm">2 Chronicles 3:14</a>; <a href="/esther/1-6.htm">Esther 1:6</a>, <span class="accented">et al</span>.). It was probably the byssus of the Greeks, made of cotton, while the Egyptian fabric was of flax. <span class="cmt_word">Coral</span>. The Hebrew (<span class="accented">ramoth</span>) occurs only here and in <a href="/job/28-18.htm">Job 28:18</a>. "Coral" is the traditional Jewish interpretation, but the LXX. transliterates, and the Vulgate gives secure. <span class="cmt_word">Agate</span> is found here and in <a href="/isaiah/54-12.htm">Isaiah 54:12</a>, and has been identified with the ruby or carbuncle. In <a href="/exodus/28-19.htm">Exodus 28:19</a> and Exodus 39:12 the English represents a different Hebrew word. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/27-16.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Aram</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲרָ֥ם</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·rām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_758.htm">Strong's 758: </a> </span><span class="str2">Aram -- Syria</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was your customer</span><br /><span class="heb">סֹחַרְתֵּ֖ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(sō·ḥar·têḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5503.htm">Strong's 5503: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go around or about, travel about</span><br /><br /><span class="word">because of the abundance</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵרֹ֣ב</span> <span class="translit">(mê·rōḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7230.htm">Strong's 7230: </a> </span><span class="str2">Multitude, abundance, greatness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of your goods;</span><br /><span class="heb">מַעֲשָׂ֑יִךְ</span> <span class="translit">(ma·‘ă·śā·yiḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4639.htm">Strong's 4639: </a> </span><span class="str2">An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they exchanged</span><br /><span class="heb">נָתְנ֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(nā·ṯə·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">turquoise,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּ֠נֹפֶךְ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·nō·p̄eḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5306.htm">Strong's 5306: </a> </span><span class="str2">(a precious stone) perhaps emerald</span><br /><br /><span class="word">purple,</span><br /><span class="heb">אַרְגָּמָ֨ן</span> <span class="translit">(’ar·gā·mān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_713.htm">Strong's 713: </a> </span><span class="str2">Purple, red-purple</span><br /><br /><span class="word">embroidery,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְרִקְמָ֤ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·riq·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7553.htm">Strong's 7553: </a> </span><span class="str2">Variegation of color, embroidery</span><br /><br /><span class="word">fine linen,</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבוּץ֙</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇūṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_948.htm">Strong's 948: </a> </span><span class="str2">Cotton</span><br /><br /><span class="word">coral,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְרָאמֹ֣ת</span> <span class="translit">(wə·rā·mōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7215.htm">Strong's 7215: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something high in value, coral</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and rubies</span><br /><span class="heb">וְכַדְכֹּ֔ד</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḵaḏ·kōḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3539.htm">Strong's 3539: </a> </span><span class="str2">(a precious stone) perhaps ruby</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for your wares.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּעִזְבוֹנָֽיִךְ׃</span> <span class="translit">(bə·‘iz·ḇō·w·nā·yiḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5801.htm">Strong's 5801: </a> </span><span class="str2">Trade, the place, the payment</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/27-16.htm">Ezekiel 27:16 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/27-16.htm">Ezekiel 27:16 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/27-16.htm">Ezekiel 27:16 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/27-16.htm">Ezekiel 27:16 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/27-16.htm">Ezekiel 27:16 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/27-16.htm">Ezekiel 27:16 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/27-16.htm">Ezekiel 27:16 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/27-16.htm">Ezekiel 27:16 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/27-16.htm">Ezekiel 27:16 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/27-16.htm">Ezekiel 27:16 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/27-16.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 27:16 Syria was your merchant by reason (Ezek. 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