Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your merchants. They exchanged slaves and bronze utensils for your merchandise.
Parallel translations
- WEB Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were your traffickers; they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass for your merchandise.
- KJV Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.
- NKJV Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your traders. They bartered human lives and vessels of bronze for your merchandise.
- NASB Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were your traders; with human lives and vessels of bronze they paid for your merchandise.
- NLT Merchants from Greece, Tubal, and Meshech brought slaves and articles of bronze to trade with you.
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Quick answer
Javan, Tubal, and Meshech traded slaves and bronze vessels with Tyre. It notes the breadth of her commerce, including the dark trade in human beings.
Overview
These northern and Aegean peoples dealt in 'the persons of men,' a reference to the slave trade that stained Tyre's wealth. The mention exposes the moral cost behind her riches. Scripture's notice of trafficking in persons anticipates the gospel's high view of human dignity, since every person bears God's image and is precious in His sight.
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- Gen 10:2The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
- Isa 66:19I 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.
- Rev 18:13of cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; of wine, olive oil, fine flour, and wheat; of cattle, sheep, horses, and chariots; of slaves and souls of men.
- Ezek 39:1“As for you, O son of man, prophesy against Gog and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.
- 1 Chr 1:5The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
- Joel 3:3They cast lots for My people; they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink.
- Ezek 32:26Meshech and Tubal are there with all their multitudes, with their graves all around them. All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword, because they spread their terror in the land of the living.
- Ezek 38:2–3“Son of man, set your face against Gog of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. Prophesy against him
- Gen 10:4And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.
- Dan 11:2Now then, I will tell you the truth: Three more kings will arise in Persia, and then a fourth, who will be far richer than all the others. By the power of his wealth, he will stir up everyone against the kingdom of Greece.
- Ezek 27:19and casks of wine from Izal for your wares. Wrought iron, cassia, and sweet cane were exchanged for your merchandise.
- Dan 10:20“Do you know why I have come to you?” he said. “I must return at once to fight against the prince of Persia, and when I have gone forth, behold, the prince of Greece will come.
- Dan 8:21The shaggy goat represents the king of Greece, and the large horn between his eyes is the first king.
- 1 Chr 1:7And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.
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