all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed tribes who dwell in the desert;
Parallel translations
- WEB and all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed people who dwell in the wilderness;
- KJV And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert,
- NKJV all the kings of Arabia and all the kings of the mixed multitude who dwell in the desert;
- NASB and to all the kings of Arabia and all the kings of the foreign people who live in the desert;
- NLT I gave it to the kings of Arabia, the kings of the nomadic tribes of the desert,
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All the kings of Arabia and the mixed desert peoples must drink the cup. The nomadic tribes of the wilderness share in God's wrath.
Overview
The wide-ranging Arabian and desert-dwelling peoples are added to those who drink judgment. The sweep of the catalog leaves no region untouched. God's controversy with sin reaches even the scattered tribes of the wilderness, displaying His universal sovereignty.
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- 2 Chr 9:14not including the revenue from the merchants and traders. And all the Arabian kings and governors of the land also brought gold and silver to Solomon.
- Jer 25:20all the mixed tribes; all the kings of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;
- Ezek 30:5Cush, Put, and Lud, and all the various peoples, as well as Libya and the men of the covenant land, will fall with Egypt by the sword.
- Jer 50:37A sword is against her horses and chariots and against all the foreigners in her midst, and they will become like women. A sword is against her treasuries, and they will be plundered.
- Isa 21:13This is the burden against Arabia: In the thickets of Arabia you must lodge, O caravans of Dedanites.
- 1 Kgs 10:15not including the revenue from the merchants, traders, and all the Arabian kings and governors of the land.
- Jer 49:28–33Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated, this is what the LORD says: “Rise up, advance against Kedar, and destroy the people of the east!
- Gen 25:2–4and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
- Ezek 27:21Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your customers, trading in lambs, rams, and goats.
- Gen 25:12–16This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.
- Gen 37:25–28And as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way down to Egypt.
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