Ezekiel 27:6

[Of] the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches [of] ivory, [brought] out of the isles of Chittim.

Of the oaks {H437} of Bashan {H1316} have they made {H6213} thine oars {H4880}; the company {H1323} of the Ashurites {H839} have made {H6213} thy benches {H7175} of ivory {H8127}, brought out of the isles {H339} of Chittim {H3794}.

Out of oaks from Bashan they made your oars. Your deck they made of ivory inlaid in larch from the coasts of Kittim.

Of oaks from Bashan they made your oars; of wood from the coasts of Cyprus they made your deck, inlaid with ivory.

Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; they have made thy benches of ivory inlaid in boxwood, from the isles of Kittim.

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Cross-References

  • Isaiah 2:13 (5 votes)

    And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, [that are] high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,

  • Genesis 10:4 (5 votes)

    And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

  • Zechariah 11:2 (4 votes)

    Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down.

  • Jeremiah 2:10 (3 votes)

    For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.

  • Isaiah 23:12 (2 votes)

    And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest.

  • Numbers 21:33 (2 votes)

    And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle at Edrei.

  • Jeremiah 22:20 (2 votes)

    ¶ Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed.