New English Translation
Ezekiel 27:8
8The leaders of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; your skilled men, O Tyre, were your captains.
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
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. The leaders of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; your skilled men, O Tyre, were your captains. 9The elders of Gebal and her skilled men were within you, mending cracks; all the ships of the sea and their mariners were within you to trade for your merchandise. 10Men of Persia, Lud, and Put were in your army, men of war. They hung shield and helmet on you; they gave you your 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 was the father of Sidon his firstborn, Heth,
- Genesis 49:13Zebulun will live by the haven of the sea and become a haven for ships; his border will extend to Sidon.
- Joshua 11:8The Lord handed them over to Israel and they struck them down and chased them all the way to Greater Sidon, Misrephoth Maim, and the Mizpah Valley to the east. They struck them down until no survivors remained.
- Ezekiel 27:11The Arvadites joined your army on your walls all around, and the Gammadites were in your towers. They hung their quivers on your walls all around; they perfected your beauty.
- Genesis 10:18Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hamathites. Eventually the families of the Canaanites were scattered
- Isaiah 10:9Is not Calneh like Carchemish? Hamath like Arpad? Samaria like Damascus?
- Jeremiah 49:23The Lord spoke about Damascus. “The people of Hamath and Arpad will be dismayed because they have heard bad news. Their courage will melt away because of worry. Their hearts will not be able to rest.
- Ezekiel 27:28At the sound of your captains’ cry the waves will surge;
- 1 Kings 5:6So now order some cedars of Lebanon to be cut for me. My servants will work with your servants. I will pay your servants whatever you say is appropriate, for you know that we have no one among us who knows how to cut down trees like the Sidonians.”
- 1 Kings 9:27Hiram sent his fleet and some of his sailors, who were well acquainted with the sea, to serve with Solomon’s men.
- 2 Chronicles 2:13Now I am sending you Huram Abi, a skilled and capable man,
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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