Ezekiel 27:8 “The men of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen. Your men of skill, O Tyr…”

Ezekiel 27:8

The men of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen. Your men of skill, O Tyre, were there as your captains.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers. Your wise men, Tyre, were in you. They were your pilots.

American Standard Version

The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were thy rowers: thy wise men, O Tyre, were in thee, they were thy pilots.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

Darby Translation

The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy rowers; thy wise men, O Tyre, who were in thee, were thy pilots.

Young's Literal Translation

Inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad have been rowers to thee, Thy wise men, O Tyre, have been in thee, They [are] thy pilots.

Bible in Basic English

The people of Zidon and Arvad were your boatmen; the wise men of Zemer were in you; they were guiding your ships;

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Cross references

“Zidon”

Genesis 10:15

Genesis 10:15 · BSB

And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,

“Sidon”

Genesis 49:13 Joshua 11:8

Genesis 49:13 · BSB

Zebulun shall dwell by the seashore and become a harbor for ships; his border shall extend to Sidon.

Joshua 11:8 · BSB

and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who struck them down and pursued them all the way to Greater Sidon and Misrephoth-maim, and eastward as far as the Valley of Mizpeh. They struck them down, leaving no…

“Arvad”

Genesis 10:18 Ezekiel 27:11 Isaiah 10:9 Jeremiah 49:23

Genesis 10:18 · BSB

the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Later the Canaanite clans were scattered,

Ezekiel 27:11 · BSB

Men of Arvad and Helech manned your walls all around, and the men of Gammad were in your towers. They hung their shields around your walls; they perfected your beauty.

Isaiah 10:9 · BSB

“Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?

Jeremiah 49:23 · BSB

Concerning Damascus: “Hamath and Arpad are put to shame, for they have heard a bad report; they are agitated like the sea; their anxiety cannot be calmed.

“wise”

1 Kings 9:27 Ezekiel 27:28 1 Kings 5:6 2 Chronicles 2:13 2 Chronicles 2:14

1 Kings 9:27 · BSB

And Hiram sent his servants, sailors who knew the sea, to serve in the fleet with Solomon’s servants.

Ezekiel 27:28 · BSB

The countryside will shake when your sailors cry out.

1 Kings 5:6 · BSB

Now therefore, order that cedars of Lebanon be cut down for me. My servants will be with your servants, and I will pay your servants whatever wages you set, for you know that there are none among us as skilled in logging…

2 Chronicles 2:13 · BSB

So now I am sending you Huram-abi, a skillful man endowed with creativity.

2 Chronicles 2:14 · BSB

He is the son of a woman from the daughters of Dan, and his father is a man of Tyre. He is skilled in work with gold and silver, bronze and iron, stone and wood, purple, blue, and crimson yarn, and fine linen. He is expe…

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

In context

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.

9The elders of Gebal were aboard as shipwrights, repairing your leaks. All the ships of the sea and their sailors came alongside to barter for your merchandise.

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