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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

Jeremiah 25:23

Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all the clipt-beards;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Cup;   Edom;   Government;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Nation;   Tema;   Thompson Chain Reference - Nebuchadnezzar;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Edomites, the;   Ishmaelites, the;   Sidonians, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Babylon;   Buz;   Egypt;   Elihu;   Tema;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Arabia;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Eternal Punishment;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Buz;   Tema;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Beard;   Buz;   Dedan;   Elihu;   Jeremiah;   Prophet;   Tema;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Beard;   Buz;   Dedan;   Jeremiah;   Tema;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Buz;   Cuttings in the Flesh;   Dedan;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Buz;   Dedan ;   Tema ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Beard;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Jeremi'ah, Book of;   Te'ma;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Cup;   Jeremiah;   Job;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Beard;   Buz;   Corner;   Genealogy;   Hair;   Poll;   Tema;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Beard;   Buz;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Baldness;   Beard;   Buz;   Hair;   Sabeans;   Uz;   Worship, Idol-;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all those who clip the hair on their temples;
Hebrew Names Version
Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all who have the corners [of their hair] cut off;
King James Version
Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners,
English Standard Version
Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who cut the corners of their hair;
New American Standard Bible
and to Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who trim the corners of their hair;
New Century Version
the people of Dedan and Tema and Buz; all who cut their hair short;
Amplified Bible
Dedan, Tema, Buz [the neighboring tribes north of Arabia], and all who clip off the side-growth of their hair;
World English Bible
Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all who have the corners [of their hair] cut off;
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that dwell in the vttermost corners,
Legacy Standard Bible
and Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who cut the corners of their hair,
Berean Standard Bible
Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who cut the corners of their hair;
Contemporary English Version
After this, I went to the kings of Dedan, Tema, Buz, the tribes of the Arabian Desert,
Complete Jewish Bible
D'dan, Teima, Buz and all who cut the corners of their beards;
Darby Translation
Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that have the corners [of their beard] cut off;
Easy-to-Read Version
I made the people of Dedan, Tema, and Buz drink from the cup. I made all those who cut their hair at their temples drink from the cup.
George Lamsa Translation
Deran and Tema and Buz and all of those who cut their beards
Lexham English Bible
and Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all those who are trimmed to the side;
Literal Translation
Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all who cut the corners of their beards ,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Dedan, Thema, Buz & the shauen Ismaelites:
American Standard Version
Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that have the corners of their hair cut off;
Bible in Basic English
Dedan and Tema and Buz, and all who have the ends of their hair cut;
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that have the corners of their hair polled;
King James Version (1611)
Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the vtmost corners:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Dedan, Thema, Buz, and all them that dwell in the vttermost partes of the worlde,
English Revised Version
Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that have the corners of their hair polled;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and to Dedan, and Theman, and Buz, and to alle men that ben clippid on the long heer;
Update Bible Version
Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that have the corners [of their hair] cut off;
Webster's Bible Translation
Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all [that are] in the utmost corners,
New English Translation
the people of Dedan, Tema, Buz, all the desert people who cut their hair short at the temples;
New King James Version
Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who are in the farthest corners;
New Living Translation
I gave it to Dedan, Tema, and Buz, and to the people who live in distant places.
New Life Bible
I was sent to Dedan, Tema, Buz, to all who are far away in their lands,
New Revised Standard
Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who have shaven temples;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Dedan, and Thema, and Buz, and all that have their hair cut round.
Revised Standard Version
Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who cut the corners of their hair;
Young's Literal Translation
Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, And all cutting the corners [of the beard],
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and Dedan, Tema, Buz and all who cut the corners of their hair;

Contextual Overview

15 For, thus, said Yahweh, God of Israel unto me, Take this cup of indignation wine out of my hand, - and cause all the nations unto whom I am sending thee, to drink it: 16 Yea they shall drink and reel to and fro and act as madmen, because of the sword which I am sending between them. 17 So I took the cup out of the hand of Yahweh, - and caused all the nations unto whom Yahweh had sent me to drink: 18 to wit said he - Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and her kings her princes, - making them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a contempt, as at this day; 19 Pharaoh king of Egypt and his servants and his princes, and all his people; 20 And all the Bedawin, and all the kings of the land of Uz, - and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, even Ashkelon, and Gaza, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod; 21 Edom and Moab, and the sons of Ammon; 22 And all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Zidon, - and the kings of the Coastland, that is beyond the sea; 23 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all the clipt-beards; 24 And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the Bedawin, who dwell in the desert;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Dedan: Jeremiah 49:8, Genesis 10:7, Genesis 22:21, Genesis 25:15, 1 Chronicles 1:30, Job 6:19, Isaiah 21:13, Isaiah 21:14, Ezekiel 25:13, Ezekiel 27:20

in the utmost corners: Heb. cut off into corners, or having the corners of the hair polled, Jeremiah 9:26, Jeremiah 49:32

Reciprocal: Genesis 25:3 - Dedan 1 Chronicles 1:32 - Dedan Jeremiah 25:34 - Howl Ezekiel 27:15 - Dedan

Cross-References

Genesis 17:4
As for me, lo! my covenant is with thee, - So shalt thou become - father of a multitude of nations;
Genesis 17:16
and I will bless her, yea moreover will give - from her - to thee, a son, - And I will bless her, and she shall become nations. Kings of peoples, from her, shall arise.
Genesis 24:60
And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, Our sister! become thou, thousands of ten thousands, - And let thy seed take possession of the gate of them that hate them!
Genesis 25:1
And Abraham took another wife and her name, was Keturah;
Genesis 25:2
and she bare to him Zimran, and Yokshan, and Medan, and Midian, - and Ishbak, and Shuah.
Genesis 25:5
And Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac;
Genesis 25:6
but, to the sons of the concubines whom Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, - and then sent them away from Isaac his son while he himself yet lived, eastward unto the land of the east.
Genesis 25:7
Now, these, are the days of the years of the life of Abraham which he lived - a hundred and seventy-five years.
Genesis 25:8
So Abraham breathed his last, and died in a fine old age, old and satisfied, - and was gathered unto his people,
Genesis 25:9
And Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him, in the cave of Machpelah, - in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite, which is over against Mamre;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Dedan, and Tema, and Buz,.... These seem to be places in Edom or Idumea, of whose destruction Jeremiah prophesies in Jeremiah 49:7; or rather in Arabia and Mesopotamia. Jerom reckons them among the Ishmaelites and Saracens, The persons from whom they descended are mentioned in Genesis 22:21;

and all [that are] in the utmost corners; that is, either of the above countries, or of the whole earth: or "all that had their hair shorn" m; or the corners of their beards; which Jerom says is applicable to the Saracens.

m כל קצוצי פאה "universis qui attonsi sunt in comam", V. L. "barbitonsis", Syr.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Dedan - See the Isaiah 21:13 note.

Buz - See Job 32:2 note.

All that are ... - See the marginal reference note.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 25:23. Dedan — Was son of Abraham, by Keturah, Genesis 25:3.

Tema — Was one of the sons of Ishmael, in the north of Arabia, Genesis 36:15.

Buz — Brother of Uz, descendants of Nahor, brother of Abraham, settled in Arabia Deserta, Genesis 22:21.


 
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