I gave it to Dedan, Tema, and Buz, and to the people who live in distant places.
Parallel translations
- WEB Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all who have the corners of their beard cut off;
- KJV Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners,
- BSB Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who cut the corners of their hair;
- NKJV Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who are in the farthest corners;
- NASB and to Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who trim the corners of their hair;
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Quick answer
Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who clip the corners of their beards must drink. Various Arabian tribes are included in the judgment.
Overview
The list continues with remote desert peoples, identified partly by a distinctive grooming custom. Even obscure and distant tribes are accountable to the LORD. The thoroughness of the enumeration reinforces that God's judgment encompasses all nations without exception.
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Cross-references · 11
- Jer 9:26Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that have the corners of their hair cut off, who dwell in the wilderness; for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.”
- Jer 49:8Flee! Turn back! Dwell in the depths, inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau on him when I visit him.
- Jer 49:32Their camels will be a booty, and the multitude of their livestock a plunder. I will scatter to all winds those who have the corners of their beards cut off; and I will bring their calamity from every side of them,” says Yahweh.
- Job 6:19The caravans of Tema looked. The companies of Sheba waited for them.
- Gen 22:21Uz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,
- Isa 21:13–14The burden on Arabia. In the forest in Arabia you will lodge, you caravans of Dedanites.
- 1 Chr 1:30Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema,
- Ezek 27:20Dedan was your trafficker in precious cloths for riding.
- Gen 10:7The sons of Cush were: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah were: Sheba and Dedan.
- Ezek 25:13therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, I will stretch out my hand on Edom, and will cut off man and animal from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; even to Dedan shall they fall by the sword.
- Gen 25:15Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
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