Ezekiel 27:32

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, [saying], What [city is] like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea?

Complete Jewish Bible:

Wailing, they will raise a lament for you; this will be their lament for you: "'"Who anywhere in the sea has ever been silenced like Tzor?

Berean Standard Bible:

As they wail and mourn over you, they will take up a lament for you: ‘Who was ever like Tyre, silenced in the middle of the sea?

American Standard Version:

And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, Who is there like Tyre, like her that is brought to silence in the midst of the sea?

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

And in their wailing{H5204} they shall take up{H5375} a lamentation{H7015} for thee, and lament{H6969} over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus{H6865}, like the destroyed{H1822} in the midst{H8432} of the sea{H3220}?

Cross-References (KJV):

Ezekiel 26:17

  • And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, [that wast] inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror [to be] on all that haunt it!

Ezekiel 27:2

  • Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;

Revelation 18:18

  • And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What [city is] like unto this great city!

Lamentations 1:12

  • ¶ [Is it] nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted [me] in the day of his fierce anger.

Lamentations 2:13

  • What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach [is] great like the sea: who can heal thee?

Ezekiel 27:26

  • ¶ Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.

Ezekiel 26:4

  • And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.

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Commentary for Ezekiel 27:32

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H5204
    There are 1 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: נִי
    Transliteration: nîy
    Pronunciation: nee
    Description: a doubtful word; apparently from נָהָה; lamentation; wailing.
  2. Strong's Number: H5375
    There are 611 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: נָשָׂא
    Transliteration: nâsâʼ
    Pronunciation: naw-saw'
    Description: or נָסָה; (Psalm 4:6 (אֲבַד)), a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative; accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable ([phrase] man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, [idiom] needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, [phrase] swear, take (away, up), [idiom] utterly, wear, yield.
  3. Strong's Number: H7015
    There are 16 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: קִינָה
    Transliteration: qîynâh
    Pronunciation: kee-naw'
    Description: from קוּן; a dirge (as accompanied by beating the breasts or on instruments); lamentation.
  4. Strong's Number: H6969
    There are 6 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: קוּן
    Transliteration: qûwn
    Pronunciation: koon
    Description: a primitive root; to strike a musical note, i.e. chant or wail (at a funeral); lament, mourning woman.
  5. Strong's Number: H6865
    There are 39 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: צֹר
    Transliteration: Tsôr
    Pronunciation: tsore
    Description: or צוֹר; the same as צֹר; a rock; Tsor, a place in Palestine; Tyre, Tyrus.
  6. Strong's Number: H1822
    There are 1 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: דֻּמָּה
    Transliteration: dummâh
    Pronunciation: doom-maw'
    Description: from דָּמָה; desolation; concretely, desolate; destroy.
  7. Strong's Number: H8432
    There are 390 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: תָּוֶךְ
    Transliteration: tâvek
    Pronunciation: taw'-vek
    Description: from an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre; among(-st), [idiom] between, half, [idiom] (there-, where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), [idiom] out (of), [idiom] through, [idiom] with(-in).
  8. Strong's Number: H3220
    There are 339 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יָם
    Transliteration: yâm
    Pronunciation: yawm
    Description: from an unused root meaning to roar; a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south; sea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).