Ezekiel 27:2

Douay-Rheims Bible

Thou therefore, O 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 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;

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 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: ² Thou therefore, O son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre: ³ And say to Tyre that dwelleth at the entry of the sea, being the mart of the people for many islands: Thus saith the Lord God: O Tyre, thou hast said: I am of perfect beauty, ⁴ And situate in the heart of the sea. Thy neighbours, that built thee, have perfected thy beauty: ⁵ With fir trees of Sanir they have built thee with all sea planks: they have taken cedars from Libanus to make thee masts. ⁶ They have cut thy oars out of the oaks of Basan: and they have made thee benches of Indian ivory and cabins with things brought from the islands of Italy. ⁷ Fine broidered linen from Egypt was woven for thy sail, to be spread on thy mast: blue and purple from the islands of Elisa, were made thy covering. ⁸ The inhabitants of Sidon, and the Arabians were thy rowers: thy wise men, O Tyre, were thy pilots. ⁹ The ancients of Gebal, and the wise men thereof furnished mariners for the service of thy various furniture: all the ships of the sea, and their mariners were thy factors. ¹⁰ The Persians, and Lydians, and the Libyans were thy soldiers in thy army: they hung up the buckler and the helmet in thee for thy ornament.

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
And when he saw that the day of his death drew nigh, he called his son Joseph, and said to him: If I have found favour in thy sight, put thy hand under my thigh; and thou shalt shew me this kindness and truth, not to bury me in Egypt.

Genesis 48:21
And he said to Joseph, his son: Behold I die, and God will be with you, and will bring you back into the land of your fathers.

1 Samuel 20:3
And he swore again to David. And David said: Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, and he will say: Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved. But truly as the Lord liveth, and thy soul liveth, there is but one step (as I may say) between me and death.

Proverbs 27:1
Boast not for to morrow, for thou knowest not what the day to come may bring forth.

Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatsoever thy hand is able to do, do it earnestly: for neither work, nor reason, nor wisdom, nor knowledge shall be in hell, whither thou art hastening.

Isaiah 38:1
In those days Ezechias was sick even to death, and Isaias the son of Amos the prophet cane unto him, and said to him: Thus saith the Lord: Take order with thy house, for thou shalt die, and not live.

Isaiah 38:3
And said: I beseech thee, O Lord, remember how I have walked before thee in truth, and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Ezechias wept with great weeping.

Mark 13:35
Watch ye therefore (for you know not when the lord of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cock crowing, or in the morning):

James 4:14
Whereas you know not what shall be on the morrow.

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.