Ezekiel 27:22
in Ezekiel 27The merchants of Sheba and Raamah traded with you; for your wares they exchanged gold, the finest of all spices, and precious stones.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
The traffickers of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy traffickers; they traded for thy wares with the chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold.
KJV
The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy merchants: they occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold.
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This verse in Ezekiel 27
Commentary
3 notes on this verse(Verse 22.) Sellers of Sheba and Reama (or Rema), your own merchants with all the choicest spices, and precious stone, and gold which they have set forth in your market. In the Psalms where it is written, 'The kings of the Arabs and Sheba shall offer gifts to you' (Ps. 72:10), in Hebrew it has, 'The kings of Sheba and Sheba shall offer gifts to you,' of which one Sheba is written with the letter Sin, the other with Samech, which is similar to our letter S.
This site's exposition
Dan also and Javan going to and fro
on Ezekiel 27:19-22
The list continues through Dan and Javan with iron, cassia and calamus, Dedan again with precious cloths for chariots, and Arabia with the princes of Kedar supplying lambs, rams and goats, the pastoral trade of the desert tribes entering the same ledger as the manufactured goods of the cities. Sheba and Raamah close the section with the chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold, the luxury trade of the far south reaching Tyre's market alongside everything else the ancient world produced. Gill reads the sheer breadth of the list, spices to sheep, iron to gold, as the chapter's own argument for the scale of what falls when the city falls.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Sheba and Raamah - Inhabitants of Arabia Felix, at the entrance of the Persian Gulf, who were famous for their riches and spices.
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| רֹכְלֵ֤י | rokhelei | [the] traders of | H7402 → | 17 times |
| שְׁבָא֙ | sheva' | Sheba | H7614 → | 23 times |
| וְרַעְמָ֔ה | vera'mah | and Raamah | H7484 → | |
| הֵ֖מָּה | hemah | they | H1992 → | 553 times |
| רֹכְלָ֑יִךְ | rokhelayikh | [were] traders your | H7402 → | 17 times |
| בְּרֹ֨אשׁ | berosh | for [the] best of | H7218 → | 599 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| בֹּ֜שֶׂם | bosem | spice | H1314 → | |
| וּבְכָל־ | uvekhol- | and for every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֶ֤בֶן | ʾeven | stone | H68 → | 273 times |
| יְקָרָה֙ | yekarah | precious | H3368 → | |
| וְזָהָ֔ב | vezahav | and gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
| נָתְנ֖וּ | natenu | they exchanged | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| עִזְבוֹנָֽיִךְ׃ | izvonayikh | wares your | H5801 → | 7 times |
רֹכְלֵ֤י[the] traders of
rokheleiH7402 →17 times
שְׁבָא֙Sheba
sheva'H7614 →23 times
וְרַעְמָ֔הand Raamah
vera'mahH7484 →
הֵ֖מָּהthey
hemahH1992 →553 times
רֹכְלָ֑יִךְ[were] traders your
rokhelayikhH7402 →17 times
בְּרֹ֨אשׁfor [the] best of
beroshH7218 →599 times
כָּל־every
kol-H3605 →5413 times
בֹּ֜שֶׂםspice
bosemH1314 →
וּבְכָל־and for every
uvekhol-H3605 →5413 times
אֶ֤בֶןstone
ʾevenH68 →273 times
יְקָרָה֙precious
yekarahH3368 →
וְזָהָ֔בand gold
vezahavH2091 →389 times
נָתְנ֖וּthey exchanged
natenuH5414 →2011 times
עִזְבוֹנָֽיִךְ׃wares your
izvonayikhH5801 →7 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Isaiah 60:6Caravans of camels will cover your land, young camels of Midian and Ephah, and all from Sheba will come, bearing gold and frankincense and proclaiming the praises of the LORD.
it leads to
- Psalms 72:10
May the kings of Tarshish and distant shores bring tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Matthew 2:11
On coming to the house, they saw the Child with His mother Mary, and they fell down and worshiped Him. Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts of gold and frankincense…
- Psalms 72:15
Long may he live! May gold from Sheba be given him. May people ever pray for him; may they bless him all day long.
- Genesis 25:3–4
Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were the Asshurites, the Letushites, and the Leummites.
- 1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
- Psalms 72:10
Through
Ezekiel 38:13Sheba 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…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 27:15
The men of Dedan were your clients; many coastlands were your market; they paid you with ivory tusks and ebony.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Ezekiel 27:15
Through
Psalms 72:10May the kings of Tarshish and distant shores bring tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 10:1
Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with difficult questions.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 68:29
Because of Your temple at Jerusalem kings will bring You gifts.
- 1 Kings 10:1
About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.