Ezekiel 27:6

4 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.

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

7 Of 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.

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

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.

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BSB
Of oaks from Bashan they made your oars; of wood from the coasts of Cyprus they made your deck, inlaid with ivory.
KJV
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.
WEB
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.
ASV
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.
DARBY
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.
BLB
Of oaks from Bashan they made your oars; your boards they have made with ivory, of the daughter of the Ashurites from the coasts of Kittim.
ÅB
Av eker fra Basan gjorde de dine årer; dine rorbenker gjorde de av elfenben innlagt i buksbom fra Kittims øyer.
OTB
Av eik fra Basan
laget de dine årer;
dekket ditt var innlagt med elfenben fra buksbom
fra Kypros' kyster.
B1930
Av eker fra Basan gjorde de dine årer; dine rorbenker gjorde de av elfenben innlagt i buksbom fra Kittims øer.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 2:13

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

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  • Genesis 10:4

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

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  • Zechariah 11:2

    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!

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  • Jeremiah 2:10

    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:

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  • Numbers 24:24

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

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  • Jeremiah 22:20

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

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  • Numbers 21:33

    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.

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  • Isaiah 23:12

    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.”

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