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Complete Jewish Bible

Ezekiel 27:8

The people of Tzidon and Arvad served as your oarsmen. Your own skilled men, Tzor, were there as your pilots.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Art;   Arvad;   Arvadites;   Commerce;   Pilot;   Sidon;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Arts of the;   Ships;   Sidonians, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Arvad;   Phoenicia, Phenicia, or Phenice;   Ship;   Tyre or Tyrus;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Phoenicia;   Ship;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Regeneration;   Repentance;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Arvad;   Zidon;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Arvad;   Phoenice;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Arvad;   Cyprus;   Ezekiel;   Island;   Oarsmen;   Pilot;   Poetry;   Zemarites;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Arvad;   Kittim;   Oak;   Solomon;   Wisdom;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Governments;   Master;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Arvad ;   Zidon, Sidon ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Ship;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Arvad;   Tyre;   Zidon;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ar'vad;   Ty'rus;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Light;   Tyre;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bench;   Island;   Ships and Boats;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Arvadites;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Aradus;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvadwere your rowers.Your wise men were within you, Tyre;they were your captains.
Hebrew Names Version
The inhabitants of Tzidon and Arvad were your rowers: your wise men, Tzor, were in you, they were your pilots.
King James Version
The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots.
English Standard Version
The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; your skilled men, O Tyre, were in you; they were your pilots.
New American Standard Bible
"The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; Your wise men, Tyre, were aboard; they were your sailors.
New Century Version
Men from Sidon and Arvad used oars to row you. Tyre, your skilled men were the sailors on your deck.
Amplified Bible
"The inhabitants of Sidon and [the island] of Arvad were your oarsmen; Your skilled and wise men, O Tyre, were with you; they were your pilots.
World English Bible
The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers: your wise men, Tyre, were in you, they were your pilots.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The inhabitants of Zidon, and Aruad were thy mariners, O Tyrus: thy wise men that were in thee, they were thy pilots.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; Your wise men, O Tyre, were aboard; they were your pilots.
Legacy Standard Bible
The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers;Your wise men, O Tyre, were aboard; they were your pilots.
Berean Standard Bible
The men of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen. Your men of skill, O Tyre, were there as your captains.
Contemporary English Version
Men from Sidon and Arvad did the rowing, and your own skilled workers were the captains.
Darby Translation
The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy rowers; thy wise men, O Tyre, who were in thee, were thy pilots.
Easy-to-Read Version
Men from Sidon and Arvad rowed your boats for you. Tyre, your wise men were the pilots on your ships.
George Lamsa Translation
The inhabitants of Zidon and Arwad were your mariners; your wise men, O Tyre, were your pilots.
Good News Translation
Your oarsmen were from the cities of Sidon and Arvad. Your own skillful men were the sailors.
Lexham English Bible
The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvan were your rowers; your skilled men, O Tyre, were from your own people, and they were your seamen.
Literal Translation
The residents of Sidon and Arvad were rowers to you. Your wise ones, O Tyre, they were your sailors.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
They of Sido & Arnad were thy maryners, & the wysest in Tyre were thy shypmasters.
American Standard Version
The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were thy rowers: thy wise men, O Tyre, were in thee, they were thy pilots.
Bible in Basic English
The people of Zidon and Arvad were your boatmen; the wise men of Zemer were in you; they were guiding your ships;
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were thy rowers; thy wise men, O Tyre, were in thee, they were thy pilots.
King James Version (1611)
The inhabitants of Zidon and Aruad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The inhabitours of Sidon and Aruad were thy mariners: and thy wise men O Tyre, that were in thee, were thy shipmaisters.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And thy princes were the dwellers in Sidon, and the Aradians were thy rowers: thy wise men, O Sor, who were in thee, these were thy pilots.
English Revised Version
The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy rowers: thy wise men, O Tyre, were in thee, they were thy pilots.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The dwelleris of Sidon and Aradians weren thi roweris; Tire, thi wise men weren maad thi gouernouris.
Update Bible Version
The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers: your wise men, O Tyre, were in you, they were your pilots.
Webster's Bible Translation
The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise [men], O Tyre, [that] were in thee, were thy pilots.
New English Translation
The leaders of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; your skilled men, O Tyre, were your captains.
New King James Version
"Inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen; Your wise men, O Tyre, were in you; They became your pilots.
New Living Translation
Your oarsmen came from Sidon and Arvad; your helmsmen were skilled men from Tyre itself.
New Life Bible
The people of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers. Your own wise and able men were your sailors.
New Revised Standard
The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; skilled men of Zemer were within you, they were your pilots.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
the inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad, Became rowers for thee, - Thine own skilled men O Tyre, were within thee, They were thy sailors:
Douay-Rheims Bible
The inhabitants of Sidon, and the Arabians were thy rowers: thy wise men, O Tyre, were thy pilots.
Revised Standard Version
The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; skilled men of Zemer were in you, they were your pilots.
Young's Literal Translation
Inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad have been rowers to thee, Thy wise men, O Tyre, have been in thee, They [are] thy pilots.

Contextual Overview

1 The word of Adonai came to me: 2 "You, human being, raise this lament for Tzor; 3 say to Tzor, located at the gateways to the sea, merchant for peoples to many coastlands, that Adonai Elohim says: ‘Tzor, you have said, "My beauty is perfect." 4 Your borders are in the heart of the sea, your builders perfected your beauty. 5 They used cypress logs from S'nir to fashion all your planking. They took cedars from the L'vanon to make masts for you. 6 Out of oaks from Bashan they made your oars. Your deck they made of ivory inlaid in larch from the coasts of Kittim. 7 Richly woven linen from Egypt was used for your sail, which was also your banner. Blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah was used to cover your deck-tent. 8 The people of Tzidon and Arvad served as your oarsmen. Your own skilled men, Tzor, were there as your pilots. 9 The leaders and craftsmen of G'val sealed the cracks between your boards. "‘Every seagoing ship and its crew came to you to trade in your wares. 10 Men from Paras, Lud and Put were [mercenaries] in your army; hanging shield and helmet on you, they showed off your splendor.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Zidon: Genesis 10:15, Sidon, Genesis 49:13, Joshua 11:8

Arvad: Ezekiel 27:11, Genesis 10:18, Isaiah 10:9, Jeremiah 49:23

wise: Ezekiel 27:28, 1 Kings 5:6, 1 Kings 9:27, 2 Chronicles 2:13, 2 Chronicles 2:14

Reciprocal: Isaiah 23:2 - the merchants Ezekiel 28:21 - Zidon

Cross-References

Genesis 25:23
who answered her, "There are two nations in your womb. From birth they will be two rival peoples. One of these peoples will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger."
Genesis 27:13
But his mother said, "Let your curse be on me. Just listen to me, and go get me the kids!"
Genesis 27:43
Therefore, my son, listen to me: get up and escape to Lavan my brother in Haran.
Acts 4:19
But Kefa and Yochanan answered, "You must judge whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than God.
Acts 5:29
Kefa and the other emissaries answered, "We must obey God, not men.
Ephesians 6:1
Children, what you should do in union with the Lord is obey your parents, for this is right.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners,.... Zidon was a city in Phoenicia, near to Tyre, and older than that, by whose inhabitants it was built; see the notes on Isaiah 23:2 and Arvad was an island in Phoenicia, to the south of Zidon, not far from Tyre. Mr. Maundrell g says it is about a league distant from the shore; and is now called by the Turks Ruad. It seemed to the eye to be not above four to six hundred yards long, and wholly filled up with tall buildings like castles: its ancient inhabitants, he observes, were famous for navigation, and had a command upon the continent as far as Gabale later mentioned, Dr. Shaw h says it is at present called Rouwadde; and that the prospect of it from the continent is wonderfully magnificent; promising at a distance a continued train of fine buildings and impregnable fortifications; but this is entirely owing to the height and rockiness of its situation; for at present all the strength and beauty it can boast of lies in a weak unfortified castle, with a few small cannon to defend it; so that the prophecy of Jeremiah appears to be fulfilled,

Arpad is confounded, Jeremiah 49:23. This is the Aradus of Strabo, and other writers; and which he says is distant from the land, two and an half miles, and is about a mile in circumference; and is said to be built by the Sidonians k; the inhabitants of it are the same with the Arvadite, Genesis 10:18, these places brought up abundance of seafaring men, and which furnished Tyre with rowers, as the word l signifies; which was the most slavish work in navigation:

thy wise men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots; such, as had learnt the art of navigation; were well versed in geography; understood the charts; knew the shores of different places; where were creeks and promontories, rocks and sands; these were brought up among themselves, and made pilots or governors, as the Targum renders it; who have their names here from the "ropes" m the sails are fastened to; and which they loosened or contracted, as they saw fit.

g Journey from Aleppo, &c. p. 19. Ed. 7. h Travels, p. 267. Ed. 2. k Geograph. 1. 16. p. 518. l שטים "remiges", V. L. Pagninus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Polanus, Cocceius, Starckius. m חובליך a חבל "funis, ita dicuntur a contrahendis aut laxandis funibus veli", Vatablus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arvad - See Genesis 10:18. An island off the coast of Sidon, now called Ruad.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 27:8. Zidon and Arvad — Or Arad. Two powerful cities on the Phoenician coast, in the neighbourhood of Tyre, from which Tyre had her sailors; and the best instructed of her own inhabitants were her pilots or steersmen.


 
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