Ezekiel 27:26

Ezekiel 27:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.
• New International Version (NIV)Your oarsmen take you out to the high seas. But the east wind will break you to pieces far out at sea.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Your rowers have brought you out into the high seas. The east wind has wrecked you in the heart of the seas.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Your oarsmen brought you into many waters, But the east wind broke you in the midst of the seas.

Context of Ezekiel 27:26

24They brought beautiful clothes made with expensive cloth. They also brought carpets that were made with threads of many different colours. And they brought strong ropes. They brought these things to sell in your markets. 25Big ships from Tarshish carried your valuable things across the sea. You, Tyre, were like a great ship in the middle of the sea. You were full with a heavy load of many things. Your sailors took you into the great waves of the sea. There, a strong east wind has caused you to break into small pieces. 27All your valuable things and your riches will fall into the deep sea. All your sailors, your captains, your traders and your soldiers will also fall into the sea. Yes, everyone in you will drown in the sea on that day when you break into pieces. 28When your sailors call out for help, the cities on the coast of the sea will shake.

Ezekiel 27:26 word by word

בְּמַ֤יִם רַבִּים֙ הֱבִיא֔וּךְ הַשָּׁטִ֖ים אֹתָ֑ךְ ר֚וּחַ הַקָּדִ֔ים שְׁבָרֵ֖ךְ בְּלֵ֥ב יַמִּֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thy rowersשׁוּטshûţ · to rowH7751
• have broughtבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• thee into greatרַבrab · manyH7227
• watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• the eastקָדִיםqâdîym qâdim · eastH6921
• windרוּחַrûach · spirit: breathH7307
• hath brokenשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665
• thee in the midstלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• of the seasיָםyâm · seaH3220

Cross-references for Ezekiel 27:26

• Ezekiel 26:19This is what the Almighty Lord says: I will make you an empty place, like cities where nobody lives. The great waves of the sea will completely cover you.
• Psalms 93:3The floods of water have risen up, Lord. They have risen with a loud noise. Their waves beat against the land.
• Revelation 17:15Then the angel said to me, ‘You saw the many rivers where the prostitute sits. Those rivers are a picture of people from many nations. They are crowds of people from different countries who speak many different languages.
• Ezekiel 27:34Now the sea has broken you into pieces. You have fallen to the bottom of the deep sea. All your valuable things and the people who worked in you lie at the bottom of the sea.
• Psalms 48:7You push them away, like an east wind that destroys great ships.
• Acts 27:14But soon a very strong wind began to blow. This wind blew from the north-east and it blew strongly across the island.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 27:26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters - Tyre is still considered under the allegory of a ship; and all the vessels of different nations trading with her are represented as towing her into deep waters - bringing her into great affluence. But while in this state, a stormy east wind, or a destructive wind, meaning the Chaldeans, arises, and dashes her to pieces! See the ode from Horace, already quoted on Ezekiel 27:4; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26The east wind - Compare the marginal referenceRead the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 26-36Verses 26-36 The most mighty and magnificent kingdoms and states, sooner or later, come down. Those who make creatures their confidence, and rest their hopes upon them, will fall with them: happy are those who have the God of Jacob for their Help, and whose hope is in the Lord their God, who lives for ever. Those who engage in trade should learn to conduct their business according to God's word. Those who possess wealth should remember they are the Lord's…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26The rich merchant ship seemed impossible to sink. It was loaded with valuable goods and appeared strong and secure. But it could not stand against the strong east wind. This “east wind” represents the army of Babylon. The army would destroy Tyre, just as a powerful storm destroys a ship.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. In contrast to her previous greatness, her downfall is here, by a sudden transition, depicted under the image of a vessel foundering at sea. east wind--blowing from Lebanon, the most violent wind in the Mediterranean (Psa 48:7). A Levanter, as it is called. Nebuchadnezzar is meant. The "sea" is the war with him which the "rowers," or rulers of the state vessel, had "brought" it into, to its ruin.Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 27:26

• Merchant

In the dictionaries

• East wind
• Ezekiel, Book of
• Fairs
• Hiss
• Occupy
• Trade
• Commerce
• Crafts
• Isaiah
• Phoenicia; Phoenicians

Commentaries on Ezekiel 27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings