Ezekiel 27:4
2 “Now you, son of man, take up a lament for Tyre.
3 Tell Tyre, who dwells at the gateway to the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coasts, that this is what the Lord GOD says: You have said, O Tyre, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’
Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders perfected your beauty.
5 They constructed all your planking with cypress from Senir. They took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
6 Of oaks from Bashan they made your oars; of wood from the coasts of Cyprus they made your deck, inlaid with ivory.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders perfected your beauty.
- KJV
- Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty.
- WEB
- Your borders are in the heart of the seas. Your builders have perfected your beauty.
- ASV
- Thy borders are in the heart of the seas; thy builders have perfected thy beauty.
- DARBY
- Thy borders are in the heart of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty.
- BLB
- In the midst of the seas [are] your borders, [and] your builders have perfected your beauty.
- ÅB
- Midt i havet er dine landemerker; dine bygningsmenn gjorde din skjønnhet fullkommen.
- OTB
- Ditt domene er i hjertet av havene;
dine byggere har fullendt din skjønnhet. - B1930
- Midt i havet er dine landemerker; dine bygningsmenn gjorde din skjønnhet fullkommen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 26:5
She will become a place to spread nets in the sea, for I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD. She will become plunder for the nations,
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