Ezekiel 27 · Verse 26

Ezekiel 27:26

Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.
Ezekiel 27:26, King James Version

Ezekiel 27:26 in other translations

BSBYour oarsmen have brought you onto the high seas, but the east wind will shatter you in the heart of the sea.
WEBYour rowers have brought you into great waters. The east wind has broken you in the heart of the seas.
ASVThy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the heart of the seas.
YLTInto great waters have they brought thee, Those rowing thee, The east wind hath broken thee in the heart of the seas.
DARBYThy rowers have brought thee into great waters; the east wind hath broken thee in the heart of the seas.
BBEYour boatmen have taken you into great waters: you have been broken by the east wind in the heart of the seas.
WebsterThy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.

What does Ezekiel 27:26 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
26. In contrast to her previous greatness, her downfall is here, by a sudden transition, depicted under the image of a vessel foundering at sea. east wind--blowing from Lebanon, the most violent wind in the Mediterranean (Psa 48:7). A Levanter, as it is called. Nebuchadnezzar is meant. The "sea" is the war with him which the "rowers," or rulers of the state vessel, had "brought" it into, to its ruin.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 26 Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters - Tyre is still considered under the allegory of a ship; and all the vessels of different nations trading with her are represented as towing her into deep waters - bringing her into great affluence. But while in this state, a stormy east wind, or a destructive wind, meaning the Chaldeans, arises, and dashes her to pieces! See the ode from Horace, already quoted on Eze 27:4 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 27:26-36
The most mighty and magnificent kingdoms and states, sooner or later, come down. Those who make creatures their confidence, and rest their hopes upon them, will fall with them: happy are those who have the God of Jacob for their Help, and whose hope is in the Lord their God, who lives for ever. Those who engage in trade should learn to conduct their business according to God's word. Those who possess wealth should remember they are the Lord's stewards, and should use his goods in doing good to all. Let us seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Ezekiel 27:26 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בְּמַ֤יִםbe.Ma.yimon watersH4325
רַבִּים֙ra.BimmanyH7227
הֱבִיא֔וּךְhe.vi.'Ukhthey brought youH935
הַשָּׁטִ֖יםha.sha.Timthe rowersH7751
אֹתָ֑ךְ'o.Takh<obj.> youH853
ר֚וּחַRu.ach[the] wind ofH7307
הַקָּדִ֔יםha.ka.Dimthe eastH6921
שְׁבָרֵ֖ךְshe.va.Rekhit broke youH7665
בְּלֵ֥בbe.Levin [the] heart ofH3820
יַמִּֽים\׃ya.Mim[the] seasH3220

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 27:26

  • Psalms 48:7

    Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.

  • Acts 27:14

    But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon.

  • Ezekiel 26:19

    For thus saith the Lord God; When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee;

  • Jeremiah 18:17

    I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.

  • Revelation 17:15

    And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

  • Ezekiel 27:34

    In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall.

  • Isaiah 33:23

    Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.

  • Psalms 93:3-4

    The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves. The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.

  • Acts 27:41

    And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
rowers.
Isa 33:23
great.
26:19; Ps 93:3,4; Re 17:15
the east.
34; Ps 48:7; Ac 27:14,41
midst. Heb. heart.

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Context

  • Ezekiel 27:25

    The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas.

  • Ezekiel 27:26

    Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.

  • Ezekiel 27:27

    Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that are in thee, and in all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin.

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Ezekiel 27:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
En muchas aguas te engolfaron tus remeros: viento solano te quebrantó en medio de los mares.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Tes rameurs t’ont amenée dans de grandes eaux; le vent d’orient t’a brisée au cœur des mers.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Deine Ruderer führten dich auf großen Wassern; der Ostwind zerschellte dich im Herzen der Meere.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
In aquis multis adduxerunt te remiges tui: ventus auster contrivit te in corde maris.