Ezekiel 27:13
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were your merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in your market.
American King James Version (AKJV)
Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were your merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in your market.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy traffickers; they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass for thy merchandise.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your traders; they gave living men and brass vessels for your goods.
Webster's Revision
Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded in the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.
World English Bible
Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were your traffickers; they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass for your merchandise.
English Revised Version (ERV)
Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy traffickers: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass for thy merchandise.
Clarke's Ezekiel 27:13 Bible Commentary
Javan, Tubal, and Meshech - The Ionians, the Tybarenians, and the Cappadocians, or Muscovites.
They traded the persons of men - That is, they trafficked in slaves. The bodies and souls of men were bought and sold in those days, as in our degenerate age. With these also they traded in brazen vessels.
Barnes's Ezekiel 27:13 Bible Commentary
Jaran - Greece (Ion), including the Grecian colonies in Sicily and Italy.
Tubal, and Meshech - The Tibareni and Moschi, whose lands were on the Caucasian highlands between the Euxine and Caspian Seas (see the marginal reference), were a fine race of men; from thence slaves have been continually sought. Greece too in ancient times was famous for furnishing slaves.
Wesley's Ezekiel 27:13 Bible Commentary
27:13 Javan - The Grecians, particularly the Ionians.Tubal - The Asiatic Iberians, and the Albanians toward the Caspian sea. Meshech - The Cappadocians. They traded - Brought men to sell for slaves.
