“Of (A)oaks from (B)Bashan they have made your oars;
With ivory they have [a]inlaid your deck of boxwood from the coastlands of (C)Cyprus.
“Your sail was of fine embroidered linen from Egypt
So that it became your [b]distinguishing mark;
Your [c]awning was [d](D)blue and purple from the coastlands of (E)Elishah.
“The inhabitants of Sidon and (F)Arvad were your rowers;
Your (G)wise men, O Tyre, were [e]aboard; they were your pilots.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 27:6 Lit made
  2. Ezekiel 27:7 Or standard
  3. Ezekiel 27:7 Lit covering
  4. Ezekiel 27:7 Or violet
  5. Ezekiel 27:8 Lit in you

Of oaks(A) from Bashan
    they made your oars;
of cypress wood[a] from the coasts of Cyprus(B)
    they made your deck, adorned with ivory.
Fine embroidered linen(C) from Egypt was your sail
    and served as your banner;
your awnings were of blue and purple(D)
    from the coasts of Elishah.(E)
Men of Sidon and Arvad(F) were your oarsmen;
    your skilled men, Tyre, were aboard as your sailors.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 27:6 Targum; the Masoretic Text has a different division of the consonants.