New King James Version
Ezekiel 27:8
8“Inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen; Your wise men, O Tyre, were in you; They became 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.
- 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 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 from Bashan they made your oars; The company of Ashurites have inlaid your planks With ivory from the coasts of Cyprus. 7Fine embroidered linen from Egypt was what you spread for your sail; Blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah was what covered you. “Inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen; Your wise men, O Tyre, were in you; They became your pilots. 9Elders of Gebal and its wise men Were in you to caulk your seams; All the ships of the sea And their oarsmen were in you To market your merchandise. 10“Those from Persia, Lydia, and Libya Were in your army as men of war; They hung shield and helmet in you; They gave splendor to you.
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
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People and places in Ezekiel 27:8
Cross-references for Ezekiel 27:8
- Genesis 10:15Canaan begot Sidon his firstborn, and Heth;
- Genesis 49:13“Zebulun shall dwell by the haven of the sea; He shall become a haven for ships, And his border shall adjoin Sidon.
- Joshua 11:8And the Lord delivered them into the hand of Israel, who defeated them and chased them to Greater Sidon, to the Brook Misrephoth, and to the Valley of Mizpah eastward; they attacked them until they left none of them remaining.
- Ezekiel 27:11Men 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.
- Genesis 10:18the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. Afterward the families of the Canaanites were dispersed.
- Isaiah 10:9Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?
- Jeremiah 49:23Against Damascus. “Hamath and Arpad are shamed, For they have heard bad news. They are fainthearted; There is trouble on the sea; It cannot be quiet.
- Ezekiel 27:28The common-land will shake at the sound of the cry of your pilots.
- 1 Kings 5:6Now therefore, command that they cut down cedars for me from Lebanon; and my servants will be with your servants, and I will pay you wages for your servants according to whatever you say. For you know there is none among us who has skill to cut timber like the Sidonians.
- 1 Kings 9:27Then Hiram sent his servants with the fleet, seamen who knew the sea, to work with the servants of Solomon.
- 2 Chronicles 2:13And now I have sent a skillful man, endowed with understanding, Huram my master craftsman
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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