Ezekiel 27:2

Updated Bible Version

And you, son of man, take up 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.

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 word of Yahweh came again to me, saying, ² And you, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre; ³ and say to Tyre, O you that dwell at the entry of the sea, that are the merchant of the peoples to many isles, thus says the Lord Yahweh: You, O Tyre, have said, I am perfect in beauty. ⁴ Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders have perfected your beauty. ⁵ They have made all your planks of fir-trees from Senir; they have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you. ⁶ Of the oaks of Bashan they have made your oars; they have made your benches of ivory inlaid in cypress-wood, from the isles of Kittim. ⁷ Of fine linen with embroidered work from Egypt was your sail, that it might be to you for an ensign; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was your awning. ⁸ The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers: your wise men, O Tyre, were in you, they were your pilots. ⁹ The old men of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in you your calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you to deal in your merchandise. ¹⁰ Persia and Lud and Put were in your army, your men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in you; they set forth your comeliness.

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 the time drew near that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said to him, If now I have found favor in your sight, put, I pray you, your hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me: don't bury me, I pray you, in Egypt;

Genesis 48:21
And Israel said to Joseph, Look, I die: but God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.

1 Samuel 20:3
And David swore moreover, and said, Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes; and he says, Don't let Jonathan know this, or else he will be grieved: but truly as Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.

Proverbs 27:1
Don't boast yourself of tomorrow; For you don't 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, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you go.

Isaiah 38:1
In those days was Hezekiah sick to death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, Thus says Yahweh, Set your house in order; for you shall die, and not live.

Isaiah 38:3
and said, Remember now, O Yahweh, I urge you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight. And Hezekiah wept intensely.

Mark 13:35
Watch therefore: for you don't know when the lord of the house comes, whether at evening, or at midnight, or at rooster crowing, or in the morning;

James 4:14
whereas you don't know what shall be on the next day. What is your life? For you are 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.