New English Translation
Ezekiel 27:5
5They crafted all your planks out of fir trees from Senir; they took a cedar from Lebanon to make your mast.
Ezekiel 27:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.
- New International Version (NIV)They made all your timbers of juniper from Senir; they took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)They made all your planks of fir trees from Senir; they took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)They made all your planks of fir trees from Senir; They took a cedar from Lebanon to make you a mast.
Context of Ezekiel 27:5
3Say to Tyre, who sits at the entrance of the sea, merchant to the peoples on many coasts, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: “‘O Tyre, you have said, “I am perfectly beautiful.” 4Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders have perfected your beauty. They crafted all your planks out of fir trees from Senir; they took a cedar from Lebanon to make your mast. 6They made your oars from oaks of Bashan; they made your deck with cypresses from the Kittean isles. 7Fine linen from Egypt, woven with patterns, was used for your sail to serve as your banner; blue and purple from the coastlands of Elishah was used for your deck’s awning.
Read all of Ezekiel 27Ezekiel 27:5 word by word
בְּרוֹשִׁ֤ים מִשְּׂנִיר֙ בָּ֣נוּ לָ֔ךְ אֵ֖ת כָּל־לֻֽחֹתָ֑יִם אֶ֤רֶז מִלְּבָנוֹן֙ לָקָ֔חוּ לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת תֹּ֖רֶן עָלָֽיִךְ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- They have madeבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
- boardsלוּחַlûach lûach · tabletH3871
- of fir treesבְּרוֹשׁberôsh · cypressH1265
- of Senirשְׂנִירshenîyr ώenîyr · SenirH8149
- they have takenלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
- cedarsאֶ֫רֶז'erez · cedarH730
- from Lebanonלְבָנוֹןlebânôn · LebanonH3844
- to makeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
- mastsתֹּ֫רֶןtôren · mastH8650
Cross-references for Ezekiel 27:5
- Deuteronomy 3:9(the Sidonians call Hermon Sirion and the Amorites call it Senir),
- 1 Kings 5:1(5:15) King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to Solomon when he heard that he had been anointed king in his father’s place. (Hiram had always been an ally of David.)
- Psalms 29:5The Lord’s shout breaks the cedars, the Lord shatters the cedars of Lebanon.
- Psalms 92:12The godly grow like a palm tree; they grow high like a cedar in Lebanon.
- Psalms 104:16The trees of the Lord receive all the rain they need, the cedars of Lebanon which he planted,
- Isaiah 14:8The evergreens also rejoice over your demise, as do the cedars of Lebanon, singing, ‘Since you fell asleep, no woodsman comes up to chop us down!’
Commentaries on Ezekiel 27:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Fir trees of Senir - Senir is a mountain which the Sidonians called Sirion, and the Hebrews Hermon, Deuteronomy 3:9. It was beyond Jordan, and extended from Libanus to the mountains of Gilead.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Fir-trees (or, cypress) of Senir - The name by which the Amorites knew Mount Hermon.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-7Tyre’s former greatness is described in detail. The prophet uses the metaphor of a strong sailing ship. This ship was built from the best materials of the surrounding nations. The image shows how wealthy and powerful Tyre once was.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. Senir--the Amorite name of Hermon, or the southern height of Anti-libanus (De 3:9); the Sidonian name was Sirion. "All thy ... boards"; dual in Hebrew, "double-boards," namely, placed in a double order on the two sides of which the ship consisted [Vatablus]. Or, referring to the two sides or the two ends, the prow and the stern, which every ship has [Munster]. cedars--most suited for "masts," from their height and durability.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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