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Ezekiel 27:5-7
Contemporary English Version
Ezekiel 27:5-7
Contemporary English Version
5 Builders used cypress trees
from Mount Hermon
to make your planks
and a cedar tree from Lebanon
for your tall mast.
6 Oak trees from Bashan
were shaped into oars;
pine trees from Cyprus[a]
were cut for your deck,
which was then decorated
with strips of ivory.
7 The builders used fancy linen
from Egypt for your sails,
so everyone could see you.
Blue and purple cloth
from Cyprus was used
to shade your deck.
Footnotes
- 27.6 pine trees from Cyprus: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
Ezekiel 27:5-7
New International Version
Ezekiel 27:5-7
New International Version
5 They made all your timbers
of juniper from Senir[a];(A)
they took a cedar from Lebanon(B)
to make a mast for you.
6 Of oaks(C) from Bashan
they made your oars;
of cypress wood[b] from the coasts of Cyprus(D)
they made your deck, adorned with ivory.
7 Fine embroidered linen(E) from Egypt was your sail
and served as your banner;
your awnings were of blue and purple(F)
from the coasts of Elishah.(G)
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 27:5 That is, Mount Hermon
- Ezekiel 27:6 Targum; the Masoretic Text has a different division of the consonants.
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