Ezekiel 27:8

the inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad, Became rowers for thee,— Thine own skilled men O Tyre, were within thee, They were thy sailors:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots.

In Context

7Of fine linen with embroidered work from Egypt, was thy sail, To serve thee for ensign,— Blue and purple from the shores of Aeolis became thine awning:

9the elders of Byblus and the skilled men thereof, were within thee, Thy calkers,— All the ships of the sea and their mariners, were within thee, To carry on thy traffic,

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Cross References

Genesis 10:18and the Arvadite and the Zemarite and the Hamathite,—and after-wards, were spread abroad the families of the Canaanite.

Joshua 11:8And Yahweh delivered them up into the hand of Israel, and they smote them, and chased them as far as great Zidon, and as far as Misrephoth-maim, and as far as the valley of Mizpeh, eastward,—yea they smote them until they left them not a survivor.

1 Kings 9:27And Hiram sent in the fleet his servants, seamen, having knowledge of the sea,—with the servants of Solomon;

Isaiah 10:9Is not, Calno, like Carchemish? Is not, Hamath, like Arpad? Is not, Samaria, like Damascus?

Ezekiel 27:11The sons of Arvad,:with thine army, were upon thy walls round about, And valorous in thy towers,— Their shields, hung they up on thy walls round about, They perfected thy beauty:

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 27:2-26

The Prosperity of Tyre. ( b. c. 588.) 1 The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, 2 Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus; 3 And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord God ; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I am of perfect beauty. 4 Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty. 5 They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from… Read the whole commentary →

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