New International Version
Ezekiel 27:11
11Men of Arvad and Helek guarded your walls on every side; men of Gammad were in your towers. They hung their shields around your walls; they brought your beauty to perfection.
Ezekiel 27:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Men 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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Men of Arvad with your army were on your walls all around, And the men of Gammad were in your towers; They hung their shields on your walls all around; They made your beauty perfect.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Men from Arvad and Helech stood on your walls. Your towers were manned by men from Gammad. Their shields hung on your walls, completing your beauty.
Context of Ezekiel 27:11
9Veteran craftsmen of Byblos were on board as shipwrights to caulk your seams. All the ships of the sea and their sailors came alongside to trade for your wares. 10“ ‘Men of Persia, Lydia and Put served as soldiers in your army. They hung their shields and helmets on your walls, bringing you splendor. Men of Arvad and Helek guarded your walls on every side; men of Gammad were in your towers. They hung their shields around your walls; they brought your beauty to perfection. 12“ ‘Tarshish did business with you because of your great wealth of goods; they exchanged silver, iron, tin and lead for your merchandise. 13“ ‘Greece, Tubal and Meshek did business with you; they traded human beings and articles of bronze for your wares.
Read all of Ezekiel 27Ezekiel 27:11 word by word
בְּנֵ֧י אַרְוַ֣ד וְחֵילֵ֗ךְ עַל־חוֹמוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙ סָבִ֔יב וְגַ֨מָּדִ֔ים בְּמִגְדְּלוֹתַ֖יִךְ הָי֑וּ שִׁלְטֵיהֶ֞ם תִּלּ֤וּ עַל־חוֹמוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙ סָבִ֔יב הֵ֖מָּה כָּלְל֥וּ יָפְיֵֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- The menבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
- of Arvadאַרְוַד'arvad · ArvadH719
- with thine armyחֵילֵךְchayil · HelechH2428
- upon thy wallsחוֹמָהchômâh · wallH2346
- round aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
- and the Gammadimsגַּמָּדִיםgammâd · GamaddimH1575
- were in thy towersמִגְדָּלmigdâl migdâlâh · towerH4026
- they hangedתָּלָהtâlâh · to hangH8518
- their shieldsשֶׁ֫לֶטsheleţ · shieldH7982
- they have madeכָּלַלkâlal · to perfectH3634
- thy beautyיֳפִיyŏphîy · beautyH3308
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 27:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11The Gammadims were in thy towers - Some think these were a people of Phoenicia; others, that tutelar images are meant; others, that the word expresses strong men, Who acted as guards. The Vulgate reads Pygmaei, the pygmies, who were fabled to be a little people of a cubit in height, from גמד gomed . a cubit; and are told that this little people were celebrated for their wars with the cranes; but nothing of this kind can enter into this description…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11Helech is another name for Cilicia. This region was around Tarsus on the northeast shore of the Mediterranean Sea. The exact location of Gammad is not certain. It may have been in northern Syria.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. Gammadims--rather, as the Tyrians were Syro-Phoenicians, from a Syriac root, meaning daring, "men of daring" [Ludovicus De Dieu]. It is not likely the keeping of watch "in the towers" would have been entrusted to foreigners. Others take it from a Hebrew root, "a dagger," or short sword (Jud 3:16), "short-swordsmen."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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