Ezekiel 27 · Verse 32

Ezekiel 27:32

And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea?
Ezekiel 27:32, King James Version

Ezekiel 27:32 in other translations

BSBAs they wail and mourn over you, they will take up a lament for you: ‘Who was ever like Tyre, silenced in the middle of the sea?
WEBIn their wailing they will take up a lamentation for you, and lament over you, saying, ‘Who is there like Tyre, like her who is brought to silence in the middle of the sea?’
ASVAnd in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, Who is there like Tyre, like her that is brought to silence in the midst of the sea?
YLTAnd lifted up for thee have their sons a lamentation, And they have lamented over thee, who is as Tyre? As the cut-off one in the midst of the sea?
DARBYAnd in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, Who is like Tyre, like her that is destroyed in the midst of the sea?
BBEAnd in their weeping they will make a song of grief for you, sorrowing over you and saying, Who is like Tyre, who has come to an end in the deep sea?
WebsterAnd in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyre, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea?

What does Ezekiel 27:32 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
32. take up--lift up. the destroyed--a destroyed one. Literally, (as opposed to its previous bustle of thronging merchants and mariners, Eze 27:27), "one brought to death's stillness." in ... midst of ... sea--insular Tyre.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 32 What city is like Tyrus - This, to the end of the chapter, is the lamentation.

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…

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Ezekiel 27:32 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.

וְנָשְׂא֨וּve.na.se.'Uand they will take upH5375
אֵלַ֤יִךְ'e.La.yikhconcerning youH413
בְּנִיהֶם֙be.ni.Hemin wailing theirH5204
קִינָ֔הki.Naha lamentationH7015
וְקוֹנְנ֖וּve.ko.Nuand they will lamentH6969
עָלָ֑יִךְ'a.La.yikhon youH5921
מִ֣יmiwho?H4310
כְצ֔וֹרkhe.Tzor[is] like TyreH6865
כְּדֻמָ֖הke.du.Mahlike one silencedH1822
בְּת֥וֹךְbe.Tokhin [the] middle ofH8432
הַיָּֽם\׃hai.Yamthe seaH3220

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 27:32

  • Ezekiel 26:17

    And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror to be on all that haunt it!

  • Ezekiel 27:2

    Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;

  • Revelation 18:18

    And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!

  • Ezekiel 26:4-5

    And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock. It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God: and it shall become a spoil to the nations.

  • Ezekiel 27:26

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

  • Lamentations 1:12

    Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the Lord hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.

  • Lamentations 2:13

    What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
take up.
2; 26:17
What city.
La 1:12; 2:13; Re 18:18
the destroyed.
26; 26:4,5

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Context

  • Ezekiel 27:31

    And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.

  • Ezekiel 27:32

    And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea?

  • Ezekiel 27:33

    When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise.

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Ezekiel 27:32 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y levantarán sobre ti endechas en sus lamentaciones, y endecharán sobre ti diciendo: ¿Quién como Tiro, como la destruída en medio de la mar?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et dans leur gémissement ils élèveront sur toi une complainte, ils se lamenteront sur toi: Qui fut comme Tyr, comme celle qui est détruite au milieu de la mer?
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und in ihrem Jammern werden sie ein Klagelied über dich erheben und über dich klagen: Wer ist wie Tyrus, wie die Vernichtete inmitten des Meeres!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et assument super te carmen lugubre, et plangent te: Quæ est ut Tyrus, quæ obmutuit in medio maris?