Ezekiel 27 · Verse 8

Ezekiel 27:8

The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots.
Ezekiel 27:8, King James Version

Ezekiel 27:8 in other translations

BSBThe men of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen. Your men of skill, O Tyre, were there as your captains.
WEBThe inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers. Your wise men, Tyre, were in you. They were your pilots.
ASVThe inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were thy rowers: thy wise men, O Tyre, were in thee, they were thy pilots.
YLTInhabitants of Zidon and Arvad have been rowers to thee, Thy wise men, O Tyre, have been in thee, They are thy pilots.
DARBYThe inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy rowers; thy wise men, O Tyre, who were in thee, were thy pilots.
BBEThe people of Zidon and Arvad were your boatmen; the wise men of Zemer were in you; they were guiding your ships;
WebsterThe inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyre, that were in thee, were thy pilots.

What does Ezekiel 27:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
8. Arvad--a small island and city near Phoenicia, now Ruad: its inhabitants are still noted for seafaring habits. thy wise men, O Tyrus ... thy pilots--While the men of Arvad, once thy equals (Ge 10:18), and the Sidonians, once thy superiors, were employed by thee in subordinate positions as "mariners," thou madest thine own skilled men alone to be commanders and pilots. Implying the political and mercantile superiority of Tyre.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 8 Zidon and Arvad - Or Arad. Two powerful cities on the Phoenician coast, in the neighborhood of Tyre, from which Tyre had her sailors; and the best instructed of her own inhabitants were her pilots or steersmen.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 27:1-25

The merchandise of Tyre. (Ezek 27:1-25) Its fall and ruin. (Ezek 27:26-36) Verses 1-25 Those who live at ease are to be lamented, if they are not prepared for trouble. Let none reckon themselves beautified, any further than they are sanctified. The account of the trade of Tyre intimates, that God's eye is upon men when employed in worldly business. Not only when at church, praying and hearing, but when in markets…

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Ezekiel 27:8 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.

יֹשְׁבֵ֤יyo.she.Vei[the] inhabitants ofH3427
צִידוֹן֙tzi.dOnSidonH6721
וְאַרְוַ֔דve.'ar.Vadand ArvadH719
הָי֥וּha.Yuthey wereH1961
שָׁטִ֖יםsha.TimrowersH7751
לָ֑ךְLakhof you
חֲכָמַ֤יִךְcha.kha.Ma.yikhskillful [people] yourH2450
צוֹר֙tzOrO TyreH6865
הָ֣יוּHa.yuthey wereH1961
בָ֔ךְVakhin you
הֵ֖מָּהHe.mahtheyH1992
חֹבְלָֽיִךְ\׃choe.La.yikh[were] sailors yourH2259

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Cross references for Ezekiel 27:8

  • Genesis 10:18

    And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.

  • 1 Kings 9:27

    And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

  • Ezekiel 27:11

    The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect.

  • Genesis 49:13

    Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.

  • 1 Kings 5:6

    Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt appoint: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians.

  • 2 Chronicles 2:13-14

    And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father’s, The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father.

  • Ezekiel 27:28

    The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.

  • Jeremiah 49:23

    Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.

  • Genesis 10:15

    And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,

  • Joshua 11:8

    And the Lord delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephoth–maim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining.

  • Isaiah 10:9

    Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Zidon.
Ge 10:15
Sidon.
Ge 49:13; Jos 11:8
Arvad.
11; Ge 10:18; Isa 10:9; Jer 49:23
wise.
28; 1Ki 5:6; 9:27; 2Ch 2:13,14

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Context

  • Ezekiel 27:7

    Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.

  • Ezekiel 27:8

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

  • Ezekiel 27:9

    The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise.

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Ezekiel 27:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Los moradores de Sidón y de Arvad fueron tus remeros: tus sabios, oh Tiro, estaban en ti; ellos fueron tus pilotos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		les habitants de Sidon et d’Arvad étaient tes rameurs. Tes sages, ô Tyr, qui étaient en toi, étaient tes pilotes.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Die Bewohner von Zidon und Arwad waren deine Ruderer; deine Weisen die in dir waren, Tyrus, waren deine Steuermänner;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Habitatores Sidonis et Aradii fuerunt remiges tui: sapientes tui, Tyre, facti sunt gubernatores tui.