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they exchanged silver, iron, tin and lead for your merchandise.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/27.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“Tarshish sent merchants to buy your wares in exchange for silver, iron, tin, and lead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/27.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“Tarshish did business with you because of your great wealth of every kind; silver, iron, tin, and lead they exchanged for your wares.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/27.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Tarshish was your merchant because of your great wealth of goods; they exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your wares.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/27.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Tarshish <i>was</i> thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all <i>kind of</i> riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/27.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Tarshish <i>was</i> your merchant because of your many luxury goods. They gave you silver, iron, tin, and lead for your goods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/27.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Tarshish was your customer because of the abundance of all <i>kinds of</i> wealth; with silver, iron, tin, and lead they paid for your merchandise.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/27.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Tarshish was your customer because of the abundance of all kinds of wealth; with silver, iron, tin and lead they paid for your wares.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/27.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Tarshish was your customer because of the abundance of all <i>kinds</i> of wealth; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they paid for your wares.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/27.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“Tarshish was your customer because of the abundance of all <i>kinds</i> of wealth; with silver, iron, tin, and lead they paid for your wares.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/27.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Tarshish [in Spain] was your customer <i>and</i> traded with you because of the abundance of your riches of all kinds; with silver, iron, tin, and lead they paid for your wares.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/27.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“ ‘Tarshish was your trading partner because of your abundant wealth of every kind. They exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead 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 />Tarshish was your trading partner because of your great wealth of every kind. They exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your merchandise. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/27.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded for thy wares.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/27.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Merchants from southern Spain traded silver, iron, tin, and lead for your products. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/27.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded for thy wares.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/27.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />" 'People from Tarshish traded with you because you were so very rich. They exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your merchandise.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/27.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"You did business in Spain and took silver, iron, tin, and lead in payment for your abundant goods. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/27.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Tarshish was your business partner because of your phenomenal wealth. They traded silver, iron, tin, and lead for your merchandise. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/27.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"'Tarshish was your trade partner because of your abundant wealth; they exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead 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 />Tarshish was your merchant by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded for your wares.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/27.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/27.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Tarshish was your merchant because of your great wealth of goods; they exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your wares.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/27.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“‘“Tarshish was your merchant by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches. They traded for your wares with silver, iron, tin, and lead. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/27.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Tarshish [is] your merchant, "" Because of the abundance of all wealth, "" They have given silver, iron, tin, and lead [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 /> Tarshish is thy merchant, Because of the abundance of all wealth, For silver, iron, tin, and lead, 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 />Tarshish thy merchant from the multitude of all riches: in silver, iron, alloy, and lead, they gave thy markets.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/27.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The Carthaginians thy merchants supplied thy fairs with a multitude of all kinds of riches, with silver, iron, tin, and lead. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/27.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />The Carthaginians, your merchants, supplied your festivals with a multitude of diverse riches, with silver, iron, tin, and lead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/27.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Tarshish traded with you, so great was your wealth, Exchanging for your wares silver, iron, tin, and lead. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/27.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Tarshish did business with you out of the abundance of your great wealth; silver, iron, tin, and lead they exchanged for your wares.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/27.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Tarshish was your market place by reason of the abundance and variety of your wealth: silver, iron, tin, and lead they brought in to you for sale.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/27.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Tarshish is in the place of your market and the multitude of your wealth; silver and iron and tin and lead 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 />Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded for thy wares.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/27.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />The Carthaginians were thy merchants because of the abundance of all thy strength; they furnished thy market with silver, and gold, and iron, and tin, and lead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/27-12.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=7763" 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">11</span>Men of Arvad and Helech manned your walls all around, and the men of Gammad were in your towers. They hung their shields around your walls; they perfected your beauty. <span class="reftext">12</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/8659.htm" title="8659: tar·šîš (N-proper-ms) -- A son of Javan, his desc. and their land, also a port on the Mediterranean, also a Benjamite, also a Pers. noble. ">Tarshish was</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.">your merchant</a> <a href="/hebrew/7230.htm" title="7230: mê·rōḇ (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- Multitude, abundance, greatness. From rabab; abundance.">because of your great</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1952.htm" title="1952: hō·wn (N-ms) -- Wealth, sufficiency. From the same as huwn in the sense of 'own; wealth; by implication, enough.">wealth of goods;</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/3701.htm" title="3701: bə·ḵe·sep̄ (Prep-b:: N-ms) -- Silver, money. From kacaph; silver; by implication, money.">silver,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1270.htm" title="1270: bar·zel (N-ms) -- Iron. Perhaps from the root of Birzowth; iron; by extension, an iron implement.">iron,</a> <a href="/hebrew/913.htm" title="913: bə·ḏîl (N-ms) -- Alloy, tin, dross. From badal; alloy; by analogy, tin.">tin,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5777.htm" title="5777: wə·‘ō·w·p̄e·reṯ (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- Lead (a metal). Or mophereth; feminine participle active of aphar; lead.">and lead</a> <a href="/hebrew/5801.htm" title="5801: ‘iz·ḇō·w·nā·yiḵ (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">13</span>Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your merchants. They exchanged slaves and bronze utensils 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/23-1.htm">Isaiah 23:1-18</a></span><br />This is the burden against Tyre: Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor. Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus. / Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon, whose traders have crossed the sea. / 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/9-26.htm">1 Kings 9:26-28</a></span><br />King Solomon also assembled a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea. / And Hiram sent his servants, sailors who knew the sea, to serve in the fleet with Solomon’s servants. / They sailed to Ophir and imported gold from there—420 talents—and delivered it to Solomon.<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="/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="/job/28-1.htm">Job 28:1-2</a></span><br />“Surely there is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined. / Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-15.htm">Revelation 18:15-17</a></span><br />The merchants who sold these things and gained their wealth from her will stand at a distance, in fear of her torment. They will weep and mourn, / saying: “Woe, woe to the great city, clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls! / For in a single hour such fabulous wealth has been destroyed!” Every shipmaster, passenger, and sailor, and all who make their living from the sea, will stand at a distance<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="/genesis/10-4.htm">Genesis 10:4-5</a></span><br />And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites. / From these, the maritime peoples separated into their territories, according to their languages, by clans within their nations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/27-5.htm">Acts 27:5</a></span><br />And when we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/38-13.htm">Ezekiel 38:13</a></span><br />Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish with all its villages will ask, ‘Have you come to capture the plunder? Have you assembled your hordes to carry away loot, to make off with silver and gold, to take cattle and goods, to seize great spoil?’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/66-19.htm">Isaiah 66:19</a></span><br />I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put, and the archers of Lud; to Tubal, Javan, and the islands far away who have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. So they will proclaim My glory among the nations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/72-10.htm">Psalm 72:10</a></span><br />May the kings of Tarshish and distant shores bring tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Tarshish was your merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in your fairs.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/38-13.htm">Ezekiel 38:13</a></b></br> Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/10-4.htm">Genesis 10:4</a></b></br> And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/10-22.htm">1 Kings 10:22</a></b></br> For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/26-10.htm">Abundance</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-27.htm">Amount</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-25.htm">Business</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-18.htm">Customer</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-15.htm">Dealt</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-11.htm">Exchanged</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-27.htm">Fairs</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-52.htm">Furnished</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-12.htm">Goods</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-19.htm">Great</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-20.htm">Iron</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-5.htm">Kind</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-10.htm">Kinds</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-20.htm">Lead</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-20.htm">Markets</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-3.htm">Merchant</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-10.htm">Multitude</a> <a href="/jeremiah/37-2.htm">Paid</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-10.htm">Reason</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-33.htm">Remnants</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-12.htm">Riches</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-22.htm">Silver</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-8.htm">Substance</a> <a href="/ezekiel/10-9.htm">Tarshish</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-20.htm">Tin</a> <a href="/revelation/18-15.htm">Traded</a> <a href="/isaiah/47-15.htm">Trafficked</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-9.htm">Wares</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-12.htm">Wealth</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/27-16.htm">Abundance</a> <a href="/matthew/13-33.htm">Amount</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-15.htm">Business</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-16.htm">Customer</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-16.htm">Dealt</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-13.htm">Exchanged</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-14.htm">Fairs</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-14.htm">Furnished</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-14.htm">Goods</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-15.htm">Great</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-19.htm">Iron</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-18.htm">Kind</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-18.htm">Kinds</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-2.htm">Lead</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-14.htm">Markets</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-16.htm">Merchant</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-16.htm">Multitude</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-13.htm">Paid</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-16.htm">Reason</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-14.htm">Remnants</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-18.htm">Riches</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-4.htm">Silver</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-18.htm">Substance</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-25.htm">Tarshish</a> <a href="/numbers/31-22.htm">Tin</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-13.htm">Traded</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-16.htm">Trafficked</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-13.htm">Wares</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-16.htm">Wealth</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 = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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It was known for its maritime trade and wealth. The mention of Tarshish as a merchant highlights the extensive trade networks of ancient Tyre, a powerful Phoenician city known for its commerce and seafaring prowess. This connection emphasizes Tyre's influence and reach across the Mediterranean.<p><b>because of your great wealth of goods;</b><br>Tyre's wealth was legendary in the ancient world, derived from its strategic location and its role as a hub for trade between the East and the West. The city's prosperity was built on the exchange of luxury goods, textiles, and other valuable commodities. This wealth is a testament to Tyre's economic power and the allure it held for trading partners like Tarshish.<p><b>they exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your wares.</b><br>These metals were highly valued in the ancient world for various uses, including currency, tools, weapons, and construction. Silver was a standard of wealth and trade, while iron was crucial for making tools and weapons. Tin, often combined with copper to make bronze, was essential for the Bronze Age civilizations. Lead had various applications, including in construction and as a material for writing tablets. The exchange of these metals for Tyre's goods underscores the city's role as a central trading hub and its ability to attract valuable resources from distant lands.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/tarshish.htm">Tarshish</a></b><br>A distant trading partner of Tyre, often associated with wealth and maritime trade. Its exact location is debated, but it is generally thought to be in the western Mediterranean, possibly in modern-day Spain.<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 was a significant maritime power and a hub of commerce in the ancient world.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet of God who ministered to the Israelites during their Babylonian exile. He conveyed messages of judgment and hope from God.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/trade_goods.htm">Trade Goods</a></b><br>The passage mentions silver, iron, tin, and lead, which were valuable commodities in ancient trade, highlighting the economic prosperity and extensive trade networks of Tyre.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/m/merchants.htm">Merchants</a></b><br>The traders from Tarshish who engaged in commerce with Tyre, representing the interconnectedness of ancient economies.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_transience_of_wealth.htm">The Transience of Wealth</a></b><br>Wealth and material prosperity, as seen in Tyre's example, are temporary and can lead to pride and downfall. Believers are encouraged to place their trust in God rather than in material possessions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_interconnectedness_of_nations.htm">The Interconnectedness of Nations</a></b><br>The trade between Tyre and Tarshish illustrates the interconnectedness of nations. Christians are reminded of the importance of relationships and the impact of their actions on a global scale.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_nations.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Nations</a></b><br>Despite Tyre's wealth and power, God's judgment came upon it. This serves as a reminder of God's ultimate authority over all nations and economies.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_dangers_of_materialism.htm">The Dangers of Materialism</a></b><br>The focus on trade and wealth in Tyre's account warns against the dangers of materialism and the pursuit of wealth at the expense of spiritual values.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_righteous_stewardship.htm">The Call to Righteous Stewardship</a></b><br>Believers are called to be good stewards of their resources, using them to glorify God and serve others, rather than for selfish gain.<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/do_findings_support_ezekiel_27_12-23_trade.htm">In Ezekiel 27:12–23, are the extensive trade routes and goods mentioned supported by archaeological findings? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_ezekiel_27's_tarshish_match_history.htm">Does the mention of Tarshish and other distant lands in Ezekiel 27 align with known ancient geography and historical records? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_tyre_uniquely_splendid_in_ezekiel.htm">Why does Ezekiel 27 portray Tyre as uniquely splendid when other contemporary sources suggest rivals of similar influence? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_god_break_ships_naturally.htm">Psalm 48:7: How do we reconcile the claim that God breaks “the ships of Tarshish with an east wind” with natural explanations for maritime disasters? </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>(12) <span class= "bld">Traded in</span> <span class= "bld">thy</span> <span class= "bld">fairs.</span>--Tarshish, Tartessus in Spain, was famous in antiquity for the metals enumerated, especially silver. The word for "fairs" occurs only in this chapter (<a href="/ezekiel/27-14.htm" title="They of the house of Togarmah traded in your fairs with horses and horsemen and mules.">Ezekiel 27:14</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/27-16.htm" title="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.">Ezekiel 27:16</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/27-19.htm" title="Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in your fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in your market.">Ezekiel 27:19</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/27-22.htm" title="The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were your merchants: they occupied in your fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold.">Ezekiel 27:22</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/27-33.htm" title="When your wares went forth out of the seas, you filled many people; you did enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of your riches and of your merchandise.">Ezekiel 27:33</a>). In the last case it is translated <span class= "ital">wares,</span> as it should be throughout. The idea of the word is "something left with another in place of something else given in exchange," in accordance with the habits of ancient commerce, which consisted chiefly in barter. Translate the clause, <span class= "ital">exchanged for thy wares.</span><p><a href="/context/ezekiel/27-12.htm" title="Tarshish was your merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in your fairs.">Ezekiel 27:12-23</a> give a general survey of the nations with whom the Tyrians were connected in commerce, omitting those already mentioned in the previous section. To avoid monotony, the prophet also constantly alternates in the use of synonymous words. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/27.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 12.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Tarahish</span>. The description of the city is followed by a <span class="accented">catalogue raisonnee</span> of the countries with which she traded. Here we are on more certain ground, there being a general consensus that Tarshish, the Greek Tartessus, indicates the coast of Spain, which was pre-eminent in the ancient world for the metals named (<a href="/jeremiah/10-9.htm">Jeremiah 10:9</a>). The ships of Tarshish (<a href="/1_kings/22-48.htm">1 Kings 22:48</a>; <a href="/isaiah/2-16.htm">Isaiah 2:16</a>) were the larger merchant-vessels that were made for this distant traffic. Like all such names, it was probably used with considerable latitude, and it is worth noting that both the LXX. and the Vulgate give <span class="accented">Carthaginians</span>. Probably the chief Phoenician colonies in Spain, notably, of course, Carthago Nova, were offshoots from Carthage, in which, by the way, we trace the old Hebrew <span class="accented">Kirjath</span> (equivalent to "city"). <span class="cmt_word">Traded in thy fairs</span>; better, with the Revised Version, <span class="accented">traded for thy wares</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> they bartered their mineral treasures for the goods brought by the Tyrian merchants. The same Hebrew word appears in Vers. 14, 16, 19, 22, 23, but is not found elsewhere in the Old Testament, and may have been a technical word in Tyrian commerce. The LXX. gives <span class="greek">ἀγορά</span>; the Vulgate, <span class="accented">nundinae</span>, which seems to have suggested the Revised Version. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/27-12.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">Tarshish [was]</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּרְשִׁ֥ישׁ</span> <span class="translit">(tar·šîš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8659.htm">Strong's 8659: </a> </span><span class="str2">Tarshish -- a son of Javan, also a port on the Mediterranean, also a Benjamite</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your merchant</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 your great</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">wealth of goods;</span><br /><span class="heb">ה֑וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(hō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1952.htm">Strong's 1952: </a> </span><span class="str2">Wealth, sufficiency</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">silver,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּכֶ֤סֶף</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḵe·sep̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3701.htm">Strong's 3701: </a> </span><span class="str2">Silver, money</span><br /><br /><span class="word">iron,</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּרְזֶל֙</span> <span class="translit">(bar·zel)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1270.htm">Strong's 1270: </a> </span><span class="str2">Iron, an iron implement</span><br /><br /><span class="word">tin,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּדִ֣יל</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḏîl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_913.htm">Strong's 913: </a> </span><span class="str2">Alloy, tin, dross</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and lead</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעוֹפֶ֔רֶת</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘ō·w·p̄e·reṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5777.htm">Strong's 5777: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lead (a metal)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for your wares.</span><br /><span class="heb">עִזְבוֹנָֽיִךְ׃</span> <span class="translit">(‘iz·ḇō·w·nā·yiḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">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/27-12.htm">Ezekiel 27:12 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/27-12.htm">Ezekiel 27:12 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/27-12.htm">Ezekiel 27:12 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/27-12.htm">Ezekiel 27:12 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/27-12.htm">Ezekiel 27:12 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/27-12.htm">Ezekiel 27:12 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/27-12.htm">Ezekiel 27:12 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/27-12.htm">Ezekiel 27:12 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/27-12.htm">Ezekiel 27:12 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/27-12.htm">Ezekiel 27:12 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/27-12.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 27:12 Tarshish was your merchant by reason (Ezek. 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