Ezekiel 27:8

The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise [men], O Tyrus, [that] were in thee, were thy pilots.

The inhabitants {H3427} of Zidon {H6721} and Arvad {H719} were thy mariners {H7751}: thy wise {H2450} men, O Tyrus {H6865}, that were in thee, were thy pilots {H2259}.

The people of Tzidon and Arvad served as your oarsmen. Your own skilled men, Tzor, were there as your pilots.

The men of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen. Your men of skill, O Tyre, were there as your captains.

The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were thy rowers: thy wise men, O Tyre, were in thee, they were thy pilots.

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Cross-References

  • Genesis 10:18 (5 votes)

    And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.

  • 1 Kings 9:27 (4 votes)

    And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

  • Ezekiel 27:11 (3 votes)

    The men of Arvad with thine army [were] upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect.

  • Genesis 10:15 (2 votes)

    ¶ And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,

  • Joshua 11:8 (2 votes)

    And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephothmaim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining.

  • 1 Kings 5:6 (2 votes)

    Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt appoint: for thou knowest that [there is] not among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians.

  • 2 Chronicles 2:13 (2 votes)

    And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's,