Ezekiel 27:9

the 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,

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise.

In Context

8the inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad, Became rowers for thee,— Thine own skilled men O Tyre, were within thee, They were thy sailors:

10They of Persia and Lud and Phut were in thine army, Thy men of war,— Shield and helmet, hung they up within thee, They set forth thy splendour:

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Cross References

Joshua 13:5and the land of the Gebalites, and all the Lebanon, to the rising of the sun, from Baal-gad, under Mount Hermon,—as far as the entering in of Hamath:

Psalms 83:7Gebal and Ammon, and Amalek, The Philistines, with the dwellers in Tyre;

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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