Ezekiel 27 · Verse 9

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.
Ezekiel 27:9, King James Version

Ezekiel 27:9 in other translations

BSBThe elders of Gebal were aboard as shipwrights, repairing your leaks. All the ships of the sea and their sailors came alongside to barter for your merchandise.
WEBThe old men of Gebal and its wise men were your repairers of ship seams in you. All the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you to deal in your merchandise.
ASVThe old men 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 deal in thy merchandise.
YLTElders of Gebal and its wise men have been in thee, Strengthening thy breach; All ships of the sea and their mariners, Have been in thee, to trade with thy merchandise.
DARBYThe elders of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee repairing thy leaks; all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee, to barter with thee.
BBEThe responsible men of Gebal and its wise men were in you, making your boards watertight: all the ships of the sea with their seamen were in you trading in your goods.
WebsterThe ancients of Gebal and its wise men were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise.

What does Ezekiel 27:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
9. Gebal--a Phoenician city and region between Beirut and Tripolis, famed for skilled workmen (1Ki 5:18, Margin; Psa 83:7). calkers--stoppers of chinks in a vessel: carrying on the metaphor as to Tyre. occupy thy merchandise--that is, to exchange merchandise with thee.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 The ancients of Gebal - This was a city of Phoenicia, near Mount Libanus, Jos 13:5. It was called Biblos by the Greeks. Thy calkers - Those who repaired their vessels; paying, as it is termed, pitched hemp into the seams, to prevent the water from oozing through. To occupy thy merchandise - That is, to be thy agents or factors.

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 27:9 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.

זִקְנֵ֨יzik.Nei[the] elders ofH2205
גְבַ֤לge.ValGebalH1380
וַחֲכָמֶ֙יהָ֙va.cha.kha.Mei.haand wise [people] itsH2450
הָ֣יוּHa.yuthey wereH1961
בָ֔ךְVakhin you
מַחֲזִיקֵ֖יma.cha.zi.Kei[the] repairers ofH2388
בִּדְקֵ֑ךְbid.Kekhleaks yourH919
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
אֳנִיּ֨וֹת'o.ni.Yot[the] ships ofH591
הַיָּ֤םhai.Yamthe seaH3220
וּמַלָּֽחֵיהֶם֙u.ma.la.chei.Hemand mariners theirH4419
הָ֣יוּHa.yuthey wereH1961
בָ֔ךְVakhin you
לַעֲרֹ֖בla.'a.Roto tradeH6148
מַעֲרָבֵֽךְ\׃ma.'a.ra.Vekhmerchandise yourH4627

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 27:9

  • 1 Kings 5:18

    And Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.

  • Joshua 13:5

    And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baal–gad under mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath.

  • Psalms 83:7

    Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Gebal.
Jos 13:5; 1Ki 5:18; *marg:
Ps 83:7
calkers. or, stoppers of chinks. Heb. strengtheners.
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Context

  • 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.

  • Ezekiel 27:10

    They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.

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Ezekiel 27:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Los ancianos de Gebal y sus sabios repararon tus hendiduras: todas las galeras de la mar y los remeros de ellas fueron en ti para negociar tus negocios.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Les anciens de Guebal et ses sages étaient en toi, réparant tes fissures; tous les navires de la mer et leurs marins étaient chez toi, pour faire trafic avec toi.
German
Elberfelder 1871		die Ältesten von Gebal und seine Weisen waren in dir als Ausbesserer deiner Lecke. Alle Schiffe des Meeres und ihre Seeleute waren in dir, um deine Waren einzutauschen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Senes Giblii et prudentes ejus habuerunt nautas ad ministerium variæ supellectilis tuæ: omnes naves maris, et nautæ earum, fuerunt in populo negotiationis tuæ.