Ezekiel 27:26

Ezekiel 27:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.
• New International Version (NIV)Your oarsmen take you out to the high seas. But the east wind will break you to pieces far out at sea.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Your rowers have brought you out into the high seas. The east wind has wrecked you in the heart of the seas.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Your oarsmen brought you into many waters, But the east wind broke you in the midst of the seas.

Context of Ezekiel 27:26

24They traded for your merchandise with gorgeous fabrics, garments of blue and richly woven work, carpets of multi-colored material, with cords twisted and tightly knotted. 25The ships of Tarshish serve as carriers for your wares. “‘So you were filled and heavily loaded in the heart of the seas. Your rowers have brought you into great waters. But the east wind will break you in the heart of the seas. 27Your riches, your wares, your merchan­dise, your sailors, your pilots, your caulkers, the traders of your merchandise, all your men of war that are in you, with all your company in your midst will fall into the heart of the seas on the day of your downfall. 28At the sound of the cry of your pilots the countryside will shake.

Ezekiel 27:26 word by word

בְּמַ֤יִם רַבִּים֙ הֱבִיא֔וּךְ הַשָּׁטִ֖ים אֹתָ֑ךְ ר֚וּחַ הַקָּדִ֔ים שְׁבָרֵ֖ךְ בְּלֵ֥ב יַמִּֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thy rowersשׁוּטshûţ · to rowH7751
• have broughtבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• thee into greatרַבrab · manyH7227
• watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• the eastקָדִיםqâdîym qâdim · eastH6921
• windרוּחַrûach · spirit: breathH7307
• hath brokenשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665
• thee in the midstלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• of the seasיָםyâm · seaH3220

Cross-references for Ezekiel 27:26

• Ezekiel 26:19For thus says Adonai Elohim: “When I make you a desolate city, like the cities that are uninhabited, when I bring the flood upon you and the great waters cover you—
• Psalms 93:3The floods have lifted up, Adonai, the floods have lifted up their voice, the floods lift up their crashing waves.
• Revelation 17:15Then he tells me, “The waters that you saw, where the prostitute is seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.
• Ezekiel 27:34Now you are shattered by the seas in the depths of the waters. Your merchandise and all your company have fallen in your midst.
• Psalms 48:7Trembling seized them there, pain like a woman in labor.
• Acts 27:14But before long, a hurricane-force wind called “the Northeaster” swept down from the island.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 27:26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters - Tyre is still considered under the allegory of a ship; and all the vessels of different nations trading with her are represented as towing her into deep waters - bringing her into great affluence. But while in this state, a stormy east wind, or a destructive wind, meaning the Chaldeans, arises, and dashes her to pieces! See the ode from Horace, already quoted on Ezekiel 27:4; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26The east wind - Compare the marginal referenceRead the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 26-36Verses 26-36 The most mighty and magnificent kingdoms and states, sooner or later, come down. Those who make creatures their confidence, and rest their hopes upon them, will fall with them: happy are those who have the God of Jacob for their Help, and whose hope is in the Lord their God, who lives for ever. Those who engage in trade should learn to conduct their business according to God's word. Those who possess wealth should remember they are the Lord's…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26The rich merchant ship seemed impossible to sink. It was loaded with valuable goods and appeared strong and secure. But it could not stand against the strong east wind. This “east wind” represents the army of Babylon. The army would destroy Tyre, just as a powerful storm destroys a ship.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. In contrast to her previous greatness, her downfall is here, by a sudden transition, depicted under the image of a vessel foundering at sea. east wind--blowing from Lebanon, the most violent wind in the Mediterranean (Psa 48:7). A Levanter, as it is called. Nebuchadnezzar is meant. The "sea" is the war with him which the "rowers," or rulers of the state vessel, had "brought" it into, to its ruin.Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 27:26

• Merchant

In the dictionaries

• East wind
• Ezekiel, Book of
• Fairs
• Hiss
• Occupy
• Trade
• Commerce
• Crafts
• Isaiah
• Phoenicia; Phoenicians

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