Ezekiel 27:8
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were your mariners: your wise men, O Tyrus, that were in you, were your pilots.
American King James Version (AKJV)
The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were your mariners: your wise men, O Tyrus, that were in you, were your pilots.
American Standard Version (ASV)
The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were thy rowers: thy wise men, O Tyre, were in thee, they were thy pilots.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
The people of Zidon and Arvad were your boatmen; the wise men of Zemer were in you; they were guiding your ships;
Webster's Revision
The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyre, that were in thee, were thy pilots.
World English Bible
The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers: your wise men, Tyre, were in you, they were your pilots.
English Revised Version (ERV)
The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy rowers: thy wise men, O Tyre, were in thee, they were thy pilots.
Definitions for Ezekiel 27:8
Clarke's Ezekiel 27:8 Bible Commentary
Zidon and Arvad - Or Arad. Two powerful cities on the Phoenician coast, in the neighborhood of Tyre, from which Tyre had her sailors; and the best instructed of her own inhabitants were her pilots or steersmen.
Barnes's Ezekiel 27:8 Bible Commentary
Arvad - See Genesis 10:18. An island off the coast of Sidon, now called Ruad.
Wesley's Ezekiel 27:8 Bible Commentary
27:8 Zidon - An ancient town and haven of Phoenicia, not far from Tyre. Arvad - Or Aradus, an island belonging to Phoenicia, twenty furlongs from the continent. Mariners - Rowers in thy galleys; the rich Tyrians would not employ their own in such servile works, they hired strangers. Wise men - Thy learned men: for navigation was the great study of the Tyrians.