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Ezekiel 27:7
7They used good linen from Egypt to make your sail. They made it pretty with many colours. The sail was like a flag that everyone could see. They made tents of cloth to cover your deck. It was blue and purple cloth that came from Cyprus island.
Ezekiel 27:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.
- New International Version (NIV)Fine embroidered linen from Egypt was your sail and served as your banner; your awnings were of blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Of fine embroidered linen from Egypt was your sail, serving as your banner; blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah was your awning.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Fine embroidered linen from Egypt was what you spread for your sail; Blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah was what covered you.
Context of Ezekiel 27:7
5They used wood from the pine trees of Senir. They used a cedar tree from Lebanon to make your mast. 6They used oak trees from Bashan to make your oars. They used pine wood from the coasts of Cyprus to make your deck. They made it beautiful with ivory. They used good linen from Egypt to make your sail. They made it pretty with many colours. The sail was like a flag that everyone could see. They made tents of cloth to cover your deck. It was blue and purple cloth that came from Cyprus island. 8Men from Sidon and Arvad used the oars to move the ship. Your own clever men from Tyre were your sailors. 9Leaders from Gebal went with you. They brought men who knew how to mend the ship. Sailors of ships from many countries came to buy things from you.
Read all of Ezekiel 27Ezekiel 27:7 word by word
שֵׁשׁ־בְּרִקְמָ֤ה מִמִּצְרַ֙יִם֙ הָיָ֣ה מִפְרָשֵׂ֔ךְ לִהְי֥וֹת לָ֖ךְ לְנֵ֑ס תְּכֵ֧לֶת וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ן מֵאִיֵּ֥י אֱלִישָׁ֖ה הָיָ֥ה מְכַסֵּֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Fine linenשֵׁשׁshêsh sheshîy · linenH8336
- with broidered workרִקְמָהriqmâh · embroideryH7553
- from Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
- was that which thou spreadest forthמִפְרָשׂmiphrâώ · spreadingH4666
- to be thy sailנֵסnês · ensignH5251
- blueתְּכֵ֫לֶתtekêleth · blueH8504
- and purpleאַרְגָּמָן'argâmân · purpleH713
- from the islesאִי'îy · coastlandH339
- of Elishahאֱלִישָׁה'ĕlîyshâh · ElishahH473
- was that which coveredמְכַסֶּהmekasseh · coveringH4374
Cross-references for Ezekiel 27:7
- 1 Kings 10:28Solomon brought his horses from Egypt and from Kue. He sent traders to Kue to buy them for him.
- Proverbs 7:16I have covered my bed with beautiful blankets and with valuable cloths from Egypt.
- Isaiah 19:9The people who make linen cloth will not know what to do. There will be no flax for them to use.
- Exodus 25:4blue, purple and red material; good linen and goat's hair;
- Jeremiah 10:9They bring thin silver from Spain. They bring gold from Uphaz. Workers who know how to use wood and metal make the idols look beautiful. They put valuable blue and purple clothes on the idols. Workers who have special skills do this.
- Genesis 10:4These are the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittim people and the Rodanim people.
- 1 Chronicles 1:7Javan's sons were: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittim people and the Rodanim people.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 27:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Fine linen - שש shesh, cotton cloth. In this sense the word is generally to be understood. To be thy sail - Probably the flag - ensign or pennant, is meant. Blue and purple from the isles of Elishah - Elis, a part of the Peloponnesus.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Or, “Fine linen Genesis 41:42 with embroidery from Egypt was” thy sail that it might be to thee for a banner. Sails from Egypt were worked with various figures upon them which served as a device. Their boats had no separate pennons. Blue and purple - Tyrian purple was famous. The Tyrians no doubt imported from the neighboring coasts the mollusks from which they dyed the fine linen of Egypt. Isles of Elishah - See Genesis 10:4. Elishah is considered…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7Elishah refers to part of Cyprus.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. broidered ... sail--The ancients embroidered their sails often at great expense, especially the Egyptians, whose linen, still preserved in mummies, is of the finest texture. Elishah--Greece; so called from Elis, a large and ancient division of Peloponnesus. Pausanias says that the best of linen was produced in it, and in no other part of Greece; called by Homer, Alisium. that which covered thee--thy awning.Read the comment
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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
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