Ezekiel 27:2

New King James Version

"Now, son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre,

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.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
O thou sonne off ma, make a lamentable coplaynte vpon 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 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 word of the LORD came again to me, saying, ² "Now, son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre, ³ and say to Tyre, "You who are situated at the entrance of the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coastlands, thus says the Lord GOD: "O Tyre, you have said, "I am perfect in beauty.' ⁴ Your borders are in the midst of the seas. Your builders have perfected your beauty. ⁵ They made all your planks of fir trees from Senir; They took a cedar from Lebanon to make you a mast. ⁶ Of oaks from Bashan they made your oars;The company of Ashurites have inlaid your planksWith ivory from the coasts of Cyprus. [fn] ⁷ Fine embroidered linen from Egypt was what you spread for your sail; Blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah was what covered you. ⁸ "Inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen; Your wise men, O Tyre, were in you; They became your pilots. ⁹ Elders of Gebal and its wise men Were in you to caulk your seams; All the ships of the sea And their oarsmen were in you To market your merchandise. ¹⁰ "Those from Persia, Lydia, [fn] and Libya [fn] Were in your army as men of war;They hung shield and helmet in you;They gave splendor to you.

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
When the time drew near that Israel must die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, "Now if I have found favor in your sight, please put your hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me. Please do not bury me in Egypt,

Genesis 48:21
Then Israel said to Joseph, "Behold, I am dying, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.

1 Samuel 20:3
Then David took an oath again, and said, "Your father certainly knows that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, "Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved.' But truly, as the LORD lives and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death."

Proverbs 27:1
Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day may bring forth.

Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going.

Isaiah 38:1
2 Kings 20:1-11; 2 Chronicles 32:24-26">[xr] In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, went to him and said to him, "Thus says the LORD: "Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live."'

Isaiah 38:3
and said, "Remember now, O LORD, I pray, how I have walked before You in truth and with a loyal heart, and have done what is good in Your sight." And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

Mark 13:35
Watch therefore, for you do not know when the master of the house is coming--in the evening, at midnight, at the crowing of the rooster, or in the morning--

James 4:14
whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.

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.