Ezekiel 27:8

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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; your skilled men, O Tyre, were in you; they were your pilots.
• 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.

Context of Ezekiel 27:8

6Of oaks from Bashan they have made your rudders; With ivory they have inlaid your deck of boxwood from the coastlands of Cyprus. 7Your sail was of colorfully embroidered linen from Egypt So that it became your flag; Your awning was violet and purple from the coastlands of Elishah. The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; Your wise men, Tyre, were aboard; they were your sailors. 9The elders of Gebal and her wise men were with you repairing your leaks; All the ships of the sea and their sailors were with you in order to deal in your merchandise. 10“Persia, Lud, and Put were in your army, your men of war. They hung up shield and helmet on you; they presented your splendor.

Ezekiel 27:8 word by word

יֹשְׁבֵ֤י צִידוֹן֙ וְאַרְוַ֔ד הָי֥וּ שָׁטִ֖ים לָ֑ךְ חֲכָמַ֤יִךְ צוֹר֙ הָ֣יוּ בָ֔ךְ הֵ֖מָּה חֹבְלָֽיִךְ׃Read the interlinear

• The inhabitantsיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• of Sidonצִידוֹןtsîydôn tsîydôn · SidonH6721
• Arvadאַרְוַד'arvad · ArvadH719
• were your rowersשׁוּטshûţ · to rowH7751
• wiseחָכָםchâkâm · wiseH2450
• Tyreצֹרtsôr tsôr · TyreH6865
• aboard; they were your sailorsחֹבֵלchôbêl · pilotH2259

Cross-references for Ezekiel 27:8

• Genesis 10:15Canaan fathered Sidon, his firstborn, and Heth,
• Genesis 49:13“Zebulun will reside at the seashore; And he shall be a harbor for ships, And his flank shall be toward Sidon.
• Joshua 11:8And the Lord handed them over to Israel, so that they defeated them, and pursued them as far as Great Sidon, and Misrephoth-maim, and the Valley of Mizpeh to the east; and they struck them until no survivor was left to them.
• Ezekiel 27:11The sons of Arvad and your army were on your walls, all around, and the Gammadim were in your towers. They hung their shields on your walls all around; they perfected your beauty.
• Genesis 10:18the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite; and afterward the families of the Canaanite were spread abroad.
• Isaiah 10:9Is not Calno like Carchemish, Or Hamath like Arpad, Or Samaria like Damascus?
• Jeremiah 49:23Concerning Damascus: “Hamath and Arpad are put to shame, For they have heard bad news; They despair. There is anxiety at the sea, It cannot be calmed.
• Ezekiel 27:28At the sound of the cry of your sailors, The pasture lands will shake.
• 1 Kings 5:6Now then, issue orders that they cut cedars from Lebanon for me, and my servants will be with your servants; and I will give you wages for your servants in accordance with all that you say, for you yourself know that there is no one among us who knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians.”
• 1 Kings 9:27And Hiram sent his servants with the fleet, sailors who knew the sea, along with the servants of Solomon.
• 2 Chronicles 2:13“Now then, I am sending Huram-abi, a skilled man, endowed with understanding,

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

Topics related to Ezekiel 27:8

• Art
• Arvad
• Arvadites
• Commerce
• Pilot
• Sidon

In the dictionaries

• Wise men
• Arvad
• Ezekiel, Book of
• Fairs
• Hiss
• Occupy
• Trade
• Zidon
• Commerce
• Crafts

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