Ezekiel 27:6 “Of oaks from Bashan they made your oars; of wood from the coasts of Cy…”

Ezekiel 27:6

Of oaks from Bashan they made your oars; of wood from the coasts of Cyprus they made your deck, inlaid with ivory.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim.

World English Bible

They have made your oars of the oaks of Bashan. They have made your benches of ivory inlaid in cypress wood from the islands of Kittim.

American Standard Version

Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; they have made thy benches of ivory inlaid in boxwood, from the isles of Kittim.

Geneva Bible 1599

Of ye okes of Bashan haue they made thine ores: the company of the Assyrians haue made thy banks of yuorie, brought out of ye yles of Chittim.

Darby Translation

Of the oaks of Bashan did they make thine oars; they made thy benches of ivory, inlaid in box-wood, out of the isles of Chittim.

Young's Literal Translation

Of oaks of Bashan they made thine oars, Thy bench they have made of ivory, A branch of Ashurim from isles of Chittim.

Bible in Basic English

Of oak-trees from Bashan they have made your driving blades; they have made your floors of ivory and boxwood from the sea-lands of Kittim.

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Cross references

“the oaks”

Isaiah 2:13 Zechariah 11:2

Isaiah 2:13 · BSB

against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up, against all the oaks of Bashan,

Zechariah 11:2 · BSB

Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen; the majestic trees are ruined! Wail, O oaks of Bashan, for the dense forest has been cut down!

“the isles”

Genesis 10:4

Genesis 10:4 · BSB

And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.

“Kittim”

Jeremiah 2:10 Numbers 24:24

Jeremiah 2:10 · BSB

Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus and take a look; send to Kedar and consider carefully; see if there has ever been anything like this:

Numbers 24:24 · BSB

Ships will come from the coasts of Cyprus; they will subdue Asshur and Eber, but they too will perish forever.”

Also

Isaiah 23:12 Numbers 21:33 Jeremiah 22:20

Isaiah 23:12 · BSB

He said, “You shall rejoice no more, O oppressed Virgin Daughter of Sidon. Get up and cross over to Cyprus— even there you will find no rest.”

Numbers 21:33 · BSB

Then they turned and went up the road to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan and his whole army came out to meet them in battle at Edrei.

Jeremiah 22:20 · BSB

Go up to Lebanon and cry out; raise your voice in Bashan; cry out from Abarim, for all your lovers have been crushed.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5They constructed all your planking with cypress from Senir. They took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.

7Of embroidered fine linen from Egypt they made your sail, which served as your banner. Of blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah they made your awning.

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