Ezekiel 27:2

Revised Standard Version

"Now you, son of man, raise a lamentation over 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;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou therefore, O son of man, take up a lamentation for 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 to me: ² "Now you, son of man, raise a lamentation over Tyre, ³ and say to Tyre, who dwells at the entrance to 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 heart of the seas; your builders made perfect your beauty. ⁵ They made all your planks of fir trees from Senir; they took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you. ⁶ Of oaks of Bashan they made your oars; they made your deck of pines from the coasts of Cyprus, inlaid with ivory. ⁷ Of fine embroidered linen from Egypt was your sail, serving as your ensign; blue and purple from the coasts of Eli'shah was your awning. ⁸ The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; skilled men of Zemer were in you, they were your pilots. ⁹ The elders of Gebal and her skilled men were in you, caulking your seams; all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you, to barter for your wares. ¹⁰ "Persia and Lud and Put were in your army as your men of war; they hung the shield and helmet in you; they gave you splendor.

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 the time drew near that Israel must die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, "If now I have found favor in your sight, put your hand under my thigh, and promise to deal loyally and truly with me. Do not bury me in Egypt,

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

1 Samuel 20:3
But David replied, "Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes; and he thinks, 'Let not 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 thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.

Isaiah 38:1
In those days Hezeki'ah became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, "Thus says the LORD: Set your house in order; for you shall die, you shall not recover."

Isaiah 38:3
and said, "Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in faithfulness and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in thy sight." And Hezeki'ah wept bitterly.

Mark 13:35
Watch therefore--for you do not know when the master of the house will come, in the evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrow, or in the morning--

James 4:14
whereas you do not know about tomorrow. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.

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.