English Standard Version
Ezekiel 27:8
8The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; your skilled men, O Tyre, were in you; they were your pilots.
Ezekiel 27:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots.
- New International Version (NIV)Men of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen; your skilled men, Tyre, were aboard as your sailors.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen; Your wise men, O Tyre, were in you; They became your pilots.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Your oarsmen came from Sidon and Arvad; your helmsmen were skilled men from Tyre itself.
Context of Ezekiel 27:8
6Of oaks of Bashan they made your oars; they made your deck of pines from the coasts of Cyprus, inlaid with ivory. 7Of fine embroidered linen from Egypt was your sail, serving as your banner; blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah was your awning. The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; your skilled men, O Tyre, were in you; they were your pilots. 9The elders of Gebal and her skilled men were in you, caulking your seams; all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you to barter for your wares. 10"Persia and Lud and Put were in your army as your men of war. They hung the shield and helmet in you; they gave you splendor.
Read all of Ezekiel 27Ezekiel 27:8 word by word
יֹשְׁבֵ֤י צִידוֹן֙ וְאַרְוַ֔ד הָי֥וּ שָׁטִ֖ים לָ֑ךְ חֲכָמַ֤יִךְ צוֹר֙ הָ֣יוּ בָ֔ךְ הֵ֖מָּה חֹבְלָֽיִךְ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 27:8
- Genesis 10:15Canaan fathered Sidon his firstborn and Heth,
- Genesis 49:13"Zebulun shall dwell at the shore of the sea; he shall become a haven for ships, and his border shall be at Sidon.
- Joshua 11:8And the Lord gave them into the hand of Israel, who struck them and chased them as far as Great Sidon and Misrephoth-maim, and eastward as far as the Valley of Mizpeh. And they struck them until he left none remaining.
- Ezekiel 27:11Men of Arvad and Helech were on your walls all around, and men of Gamad were in your towers. They hung their shields on your walls all around; they made perfect your beauty.
- Genesis 10:18the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Afterward the clans of the Canaanites dispersed.
- Isaiah 10:9Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?
- Jeremiah 49:23Concerning Damascus: "Hamath and Arpad are confounded, for they have heard bad news; they melt in fear, they are troubled like the sea that cannot be quiet.
- Ezekiel 27:28At the sound of the cry of your pilots the countryside shakes,
- 1 Kings 5:6Now therefore command that cedars of Lebanon be cut for me. And my servants will join your servants, and I will pay you for your servants such wages as you set, for you know that there is no one among us who knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians."
- 1 Kings 9:27And Hiram sent with the fleet his servants, seamen who were familiar with the sea, together with the servants of Solomon.
- 2 Chronicles 2:13"Now I have sent a skilled man, who has understanding, Huram-abi,
Commentaries on Ezekiel 27:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Zidon and Arvad - Or Arad. Two powerful cities on the Phoenician coast, in the neighborhood of Tyre, from which Tyre had her sailors; and the best instructed of her own inhabitants were her pilots or steersmen.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Arvad - See Genesis 10:18. An island off the coast of Sidon, now called Ruad.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-9Sidon, Arvad, and Gebal were towns on the Mediterranean coast.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. Arvad--a small island and city near Phoenicia, now Ruad: its inhabitants are still noted for seafaring habits. thy wise men, O Tyrus ... thy pilots--While the men of Arvad, once thy equals (Ge 10:18), and the Sidonians, once thy superiors, were employed by thee in subordinate positions as "mariners," thou madest thine own skilled men alone to be commanders and pilots. Implying the political and mercantile superiority of Tyre.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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