Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your trade partners; for lambs, rams, and goats they traded with you.

She is like the merchant ships; she brings her food from afar.

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

You may live among us, and the land will be open to you. Live in it, travel freely in it, and acquire property in it.”

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

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

My heart beats quickly; my strength leaves me; I can hardly see.

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

They will disappoint you, those you have so faithfully dealt with since your youth. Each strays off in his own direction, leaving no one to rescue you.”

“‘Tarshish was your trade partner because of your abundant wealth; they exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your products.

Edom was your trade partner because of the abundance of your goods; they exchanged turquoise, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies for your products.

Damascus was your trade partner because of the abundance of your goods and of all your wealth: wine from Helbon, white wool from Zahar,

The traders among the peoples hiss at you; you have become a horror, and will be no more.’”

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

So Abraham agreed to Ephron’s price and weighed out for him the price that Ephron had quoted in the hearing of the sons of Heth – 400 pieces of silver, according to the standard measurement at the time.

“These men are at peace with us. So let them live in the land and travel freely in it, for the land is wide enough for them. We will take their daughters for wives, and we will give them our daughters to marry.

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

But bring your youngest brother back to me so I will know that you are honest men and not spies. Then I will give your brother back to you and you may move about freely in the land.’”

If I go out into the countryside, I see those who have been killed in battle. If I go into the city, I see those who are sick because of starvation. For both prophet and priest go about their own business in the land without having any real understanding.’”

Sheba and Dedan and the traders of Tarshish with all its young warriors will say to you, “Have you come to loot? Have you assembled your armies to plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to haul away a great amount of spoils?”’