Will partners ¹  bargain ²  for it? Will they divide it up ³  among the merchants?

Who planned this for royal Tyre, ¹  whose merchants are princes, whose traders are the dignitaries ²  of the earth?

besides what he collected from the merchants, ¹  traders, Arabian kings, and governors of the land.

Haran, Kanneh, Eden, merchants from Sheba, Asshur, and Kilmad were your clients.

besides what he collected from the merchants ¹  and traders. All the Arabian kings and the governors of the land also brought gold and silver to Solomon.

Solomon acquired his horses from Egypt ¹  and from Que; the king’s traders purchased them from Que.

So when the Midianite ¹  merchants passed by, Joseph’s brothers pulled ²  him ³  out of the cistern and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. The Ishmaelites ⁴  then took Joseph to Egypt.

The traders and sellers of all kinds of merchandise spent the night outside Jerusalem once or twice.

Solomon acquired his horses from Egypt ¹  and from Que; the king’s traders purchased them from Que.

He plucked off its topmost shoot; he brought it to a land of merchants and planted it in a city of traders.

sexually immoral people, practicing homosexuals, ¹  kidnappers, liars, perjurers – in fact, for any who live contrary to sound teaching.

Judah and the land of Israel were your clients; they traded wheat from Minnith, ¹  millet, honey, olive oil, and balm for your merchandise.

The merchants of Sheba and Raamah engaged in trade with you; they traded the best kinds of spices along with precious stones and gold for your products.

Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your clients; they exchanged slaves and bronze items for your merchandise.

The Dedanites ¹  were your clients. Many coastlands were your customers; they paid ²  you with ivory tusks and ebony.

And between the room above the corner and the Sheep Gate the goldsmiths and traders worked.

Lament, ¹  you residents of the coast, you merchants of Sidon ²  who travel over the sea, whose agents sail over

Increase ¹  your merchants more than the stars of heaven! They are like ²  the young locust which sheds ³  its skin and flies away.

Then ¹  the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn for her because no one buys their cargo ²  any longer –

Wail, you who live in the market district, ¹  for all the merchants ²  will disappear ³  and those who count money ⁴  will be removed. ⁵