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Ezekiel 27

Ezek. 27:27 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thy riches
hown (Hebrew #1952)
wealth; by implication, enough
KJV usage: enough, + for nought, riches, substance, wealth.
Pronounce: hone
Origin: from the same as 1951 in the sense of 202
w, and thy fairs
`izzabown (Hebrew #5801)
trade, i.e. the place (mart) or the payment (revenue)
KJV usage: fair, ware.
Pronounce: iz-zaw-bone'
Origin: from 5800 in the sense of letting go (for a price, i.e. selling)
, thy merchandise
ma`arab (Hebrew #4627)
traffic; by implication, mercantile goods
KJV usage: market, merchandise.
Pronounce: mah-ar-awb'
Origin: from 6148, in the sense of trading
, thy mariners
mallach (Hebrew #4419)
a sailor (as following "the salt")
KJV usage: mariner.
Pronounce: mal-lawkh'
Origin: from 4414 in its second. sense
, and thy pilots
chobel (Hebrew #2259)
a sailor
KJV usage: pilot, shipmaster.
Pronounce: kho-bale'
Origin: active participle from 2254 (in the sense of handling ropes)
, thy calkers
chazaq (Hebrew #2388)
to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer
KJV usage: aid, amend, X calker, catch, cleave, confirm, be constant, constrain, continue, be of good (take) courage(-ous, -ly), encourage (self), be established, fasten, force, fortify, make hard, harden, help, (lay) hold (fast), lean, maintain, play the man, mend, become (wax) mighty, prevail, be recovered, repair, retain, seize, be (wax) sore, strengthen (self), be stout, be (make, shew, wax) strong(-er), be sure, take (hold), be urgent, behave self valiantly, withstand.
Pronounce: khaw-zak'
Origin: a primitive root
bedeq (Hebrew #919)
a gap or leak (in a building or a ship)
KJV usage: breach, + calker.
Pronounce: beh'-dek
Origin: from 918
, and the occupiers
`arab (Hebrew #6148)
to braid, i.e. intermix; technically, to traffic (as if by barter); also or give to be security (as a kind of exchange)
KJV usage: engage, (inter-)meddle (with), mingle (self), mortgage, occupy, give pledges, be(-come, put in) surety, undertake.
Pronounce: aw-rab'
Origin: a primitive root
of thy merchandise
ma`arab (Hebrew #4627)
traffic; by implication, mercantile goods
KJV usage: market, merchandise.
Pronounce: mah-ar-awb'
Origin: from 6148, in the sense of trading
, and all thy men
'enowsh (Hebrew #582)
properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified 120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
KJV usage: another, X (blood-)thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, X in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ( X of them), + stranger, those, + their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word . Compare 376.
Pronounce: en-oshe'
Origin: from 605
of war
milchamah (Hebrew #4421)
a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
KJV usage: battle, fight(-ing), war((-rior)).
Pronounce: mil-khaw-maw'
Origin: from 3898 (in the sense of fighting)
, that are in thee, σand in all thy company
qahal (Hebrew #6951)
assemblage (usually concretely)
KJV usage: assembly, company, congregation, multitude.
Pronounce: kaw-hawl'
Origin: from 6950
which is in the midst
tavek (Hebrew #8432)
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
KJV usage: among(-st), X between, half, X (there- ,where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), X out (of), X through, X with(-in).
Pronounce: taw'-vek
Origin: from an unused root meaning to sever
of thee, shall fall
naphal (Hebrew #5307)
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for 6419), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be (X hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, X surely, throw down.
Pronounce: naw-fal'
Origin: a primitive root
into the midst
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
of the seas
yam (Hebrew #3220)
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
KJV usage: sea (X -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
Pronounce: yawm
Origin: from an unused root meaning to roar
in the day
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
of thy ruin
mappeleth (Hebrew #4658)
fall, i.e. decadence; concretely, a ruin; specifically a carcase
KJV usage: carcase, fall, ruin.
Pronounce: map-peh'-leth
Origin: from 5307
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Prov. 11:4• 4Wealth profiteth not in the day of wrath;{HR}But righteousness delivereth from death. (Prov. 11:4)
σ
or, even with.

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Cross References

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Thy riches.In these beautiful and expressive figures, Tyre is represented as a ship at sea, wrecked through the mistakes of her pilots and rowers; that is, destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, and afterwards by Alexander, in consequence of her rulers having pertinaciously resolved to withstand those haughty conquerors. This vast ship, laden with all kinds of valuable wares, being wrecked, all her valuables, sailors, officers, etc. went to the bottom.
Ezek. 27:7‑9,12,18‑19,22,24,34• 7embroidered fine linen from Egypt for sails{i}, to serve thee for a banner;{/i} blue and purple covering from the isles or coasts of Elishah {i}was thine awning.{/i}
 8The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men, Ο Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots.
 9The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy caulkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise.
 12Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs.
 18{i}Damascus dealt with thee because of the multitude of thy handiworks, by reason of the abundance of all substance, with wine of Helbon, and white wool.{/i}
 19Dedan and Javan of Uzal {i}traded in thy markets: wrought iron, cassia, and calamus were in thy traffic.{/i}
 22{i}The merchants of Sheba and Raamah were thy traffickers: they furnished thy markets with all the choice spices, and with all precious stones and gold.{/i}
 24{i}these traded with thee in sumptuous clothes, in wrappings of blue and broidered work, and in chests full of variegated stuffs, bound with cords and made of cedar-wood, amongst thy merchandise.{/i}
 34In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the midst of the waters, thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall. (Ezek. 27:7‑9,12,18‑19,22,24,34)
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Ezek. 26:12• 12And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water. (Ezek. 26:12)
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Prov. 11:4• 4Wealth profiteth not in the day of wrath;{HR}But righteousness delivereth from death. (Prov. 11:4)
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Rev. 18:11‑24• 11And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn on account of her; for their lading no one buyeth anymore—a
 12lading of gold and of silver and of precious stone and of pearl and of fine linen and of purple and of silk and of scarlet; and all thyine wood and all furniture of ivory and all furniture of most precious wood, and of brass and of iron and of marble;
 13and cinnamon and amomum and incense and unguent and frankincense and wine and oil and fine flour and wheat and cattle and sheep, and of horses and of chariots and of bodies and souls of men.
 14And the fruits of the desire of thy soul have departed from thee, and all the sumptuous and the bright things have perished from thee, and never shall they find them anymore.
 15The merchants of these things that became rich by her shall stand afar off because of the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning,
 16saying, Woe, woe, the great city, that was clothed with fine linen and purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stone and pearls!
 17for in one hour were so great riches made desolate. And every pilot and every voyager and sailors and as many as trade by the sea stood afar off,
 18and cried, seeing the smoke of her burning, saying, What {i}city is{/i} like the great city!
 19And they cast dust upon their heads, and cried, weeping and mourning, saying, Woe, woe, the great city, wherein all that had ships in the sea became rich by reason of her costliness! for in one hour was she made desolate.
 20Rejoice over her, O heaven, and ye saints, and ye apostles, and ye prophets: for God hath judged your judgment on her.
 21And a strong angel took up a stone as a great millstone, and cast {i}it{/i} into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall Babylon the great city be cast down, and shall in no wise be found more.
 22And no voice of harpers and musicians and pipers and trumpeters shall be heard any more in thee; and no craftsman of any craft shall be found any more in thee; and no sound of millstone shall be heard any more in thee;
 23and no light of lamp shall shine any more in thee; and no voice of bridegroom and of bride shall be heard any more in thee; for thy merchants were the great ones of the earth; for by thy sorcery were all the nations deceived.
 24And in her the blood of prophets and of saints was found, and of all that were slain on the earth. (Rev. 18:11‑24)
and in all.
or, even with all.
shall fall.
Ezek. 26:14,21• 14And I will make thee like the top of a rock: thou shalt be a place to spread nets upon; thou shalt be built no more: for I the Lord Jehovah have spoken it, saith the Lord Jehovah.
 21I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more: though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord Jehovah. (Ezek. 26:14,21)
midst.
Heb. heart.
Ezek. 27:26• 26Thy rowers brought thee into great waters; the east wind broke thee in the heart of the seas. (Ezek. 27:26)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thy substance, and thy markets, thy merchandised, thy mariners, and thy pilots, they that repair thy leaksf, and they that barter with theeg, and all thy men of war that are in thee, along with all thine assemblage which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the heart of the seas in the day of thy fall.

JND Translation Notes

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d
Lit. "barter." so vers. 25,33,34.
f
See Note i, ver. 9.
g
See Note k, ver. 9.

W. Kelly Translation

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Thy riches and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy caulkers, and the occupiersa of thy merchandise, and all thy men of warb that are in thee, even with all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall in the heart of the seas in the day of thy fall.

WK Translation Notes

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a
Or, barterers.
b
Or, warriors.