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Myles Coverdale Bible

Ezekiel 27:2

O thou sonne off ma, make a lamentable coplaynte vpon Tyre,

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Phoenicia, Phenicia, or Phenice;   Ship;   Tyre or Tyrus;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ship;   Tyre;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Regeneration;   Repentance;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Lamentation;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Cassia;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Ship;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Tyre;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ty'rus;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Puteoli;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Poetry;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Now, son of man, lament for Tyre.
Hebrew Names Version
You, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tzor;
King James Version
Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;
English Standard Version
"Now you, son of man, raise a lamentation over Tyre,
New American Standard Bible
"And you, son of man, take up a song of mourning over Tyre;
New Century Version
"Human, sing a funeral song for the city of Tyre.
Amplified Bible
"Now you, son of man, take up a dirge (funeral poem to be sung) for Tyre,
World English Bible
You, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre;
Geneva Bible (1587)
Sonne of ma, take vp a lametation for Tyrus,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"And you, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre;
Legacy Standard Bible
"Now as for you, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre
Berean Standard Bible
"Now you, son of man, take up a lament for Tyre.
Contemporary English Version
Ezekiel, son of man, sing a funeral song for Tyre,
Complete Jewish Bible
"You, human being, raise this lament for Tzor;
Darby Translation
And thou, son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre,
Easy-to-Read Version
"Son of man, sing this sad song about Tyre.
George Lamsa Translation
Now, Son of man, make a lamentation over Tyre;
Good News Translation
"Mortal man, sing a funeral song for Tyre,
Lexham English Bible
"And you, son of man, raise a lament against Tyre.
Literal Translation
And you, son of man, lift up a lament in Tyre.
American Standard Version
And thou, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre;
Bible in Basic English
And you, son of man, make a song of grief for Tyre;
JPS Old Testament (1917)
'And thou, son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre,
King James Version (1611)
Now thou sonne of man, take vp a lamentation for Tyrus;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
O thou sonne of man, take vp a lamentable complaint vpon Tyre,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And thou, son of man, take up a lamentation against Sor;
English Revised Version
And thou, son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and he seide, Therfor thou, sone of man, take weilyng on Tire.
Update Bible Version
And you, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre;
Webster's Bible Translation
Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre;
New English Translation
"You, son of man, sing a lament for Tyre.
New King James Version
"Now, son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre,
New Living Translation
"Son of man, sing a funeral song for Tyre,
New Life Bible
"Son of man, sing a song of sorrow over Tyre.
New Revised Standard
Now you, mortal, raise a lamentation over Tyre,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thou, therefore, son of man, Take up over Tyre a dirge;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou therefore, O son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre:
Revised Standard Version
"Now you, son of man, raise a lamentation over Tyre,
Young's Literal Translation
`And thou, son of man, lift up concerning Tyre a lamentation, and thou hast said to Tyre:

Contextual Overview

1 The worde off the LORDE came vnto me, sayenge: 2 O thou sonne off ma, make a lamentable coplaynte vpon Tyre, 3 & saye vnto Tyre, which is a porte off the see, yt occupieth with moch people: and many Iles: thus speaketh ye LORDE God: O Tyre thou hast sayde: what, I am a noble cite. 4 thy borders are in the myddest of the see, and thy buylders haue made the maruelous goodly. 5 All yi tables haue they made of Cipre trees of the mount Senir. Fro Libanus haue they take Cedre trees, to make the mastes: 6 & the Okes of Basan to make the rowers. Thy boordes haue they made of yuery, & of costly wod out of the Ile of Cethim. 7 Thy sale was of whyte small nedle worke out off the londe of Egipte, to hage vpo thy mast: & thy hanginges of yalow sylcke & purple, out of ye Iles of Elisa. 8 They of Sido & Arnad were thy maryners, & the wysest in Tyre were thy shypmasters. 9 The eldest and wysest at Gebal were they, that mended & stopped thy shippes. All shippes off the see with their shipme occupied their marchaundies in the. 10 The Perses, Lydians and Lybians were in thyne hoost, and helped the to fight: these hanged vp their shildes & helmettes with the, these set forth thy beuty.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Ezekiel 27:32, Ezekiel 19:1, Ezekiel 26:17, Ezekiel 28:12, Ezekiel 32:2, Jeremiah 7:20, Jeremiah 9:10, Jeremiah 9:17-20, Amos 5:1, Amos 5:16

Cross-References

Genesis 47:29
Now whan the tyme came that Israel shulde dye, he called Ioseph his sonne, and sayde vnto him: Yf I haue founde grace in thy sight, then laye thine honde vnder my thye, yt thou shalt shewe mercy and faithfulnes vpon me, and not burye me in Egipte,
Genesis 48:21
And Israel saide vnto Ioseph: Beholde, I dye, & God shall be wt you, & brynge you agayne in to ye lande of youre fathers.
1 Samuel 20:3
The sware Dauid agayne, and sayde: Thy father knoweth well, yt I haue founde fauoure in yi sighte, therfore shal he thynke: Ionathas shal not knowe of this, lest it greue him. Verely, as truly as the LORDE lyueth, and as truly as yi soule lyueth, there is but one steppe betwene me & death.
Proverbs 27:1
Make not thy boost of tomorow, for thou knowest not what maye happen todaye.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
What so euer thou takest in hande to do, that do with all thy power: for amoge the deed (where as thou goest vnto) there is nether worke, councell, knowlege ner wy?dome.
Isaiah 38:1
Not longe afore this, was Ezechias deadsick: And the prophet Esay the sonne of Amos came vnto him, and sayde: Thus commaundeth the LORDE: Set thyne house in ordre, for thou must dye, and shalt not escape.
Isaiah 38:3
and sayde: Remembre (o LORDE) that I haue walked before the in treuth and a stedfast hert, and haue done the thinge that is pleasaunt to the. And Ezechias wepte sore.
Mark 13:35
Watch ye therfore, for ye knowe not wha the master of ye house cometh, whether he cometh in the euenynge, or at mydnight, or aboute the cock crowynge, or in the mornynge
James 4:14
& yet ca not tell what shal happe to morowe. For what thinge is youre life? It is euen a vapoure that apereth for a lytell tyme, and the vanysheth awaye:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus. Compose an elegy, and sing it; make a mournful noise, and deliver out a funeral ditty; such as the "praeficae", or mournful women, made at funerals, in which they said all they could in praise of the dead, and made very doleful lamentations for them: this the prophet was to do in a prophetic manner, for the confirmation of what was prophesied of by him; and it may teach us, that even wicked men are to be pitied, when in distress and calamity.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 27:2. Take up a lamentation for Tyrus — This is a singular and curious chapter. It gives a very circumstantial account of the trade of Tyre with different parts of the world, and the different sorts of merchandise in which she trafficked. The places and the imports are as regularly entered here as they could have been in a European custom-house.


 
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