Ezekiel 27
- 1The word of the Lord came again to me, saying,
- 2Now, you son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre.
- 3And say to Tyre, O you who are located at the entry of the sea, which are a merchant of the people for many isles, The Lord God says this. O Tyre, you have said, I am of perfect beauty.
- 4Your borders are in the middle of the seas, your builders have perfected your beauty.
- 5They have made all your ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for you.
- 6Of the oaks of Bashan have they made your oars. The company of the Ashurites have made your benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim.
- 7Fine linen with embroidered work from Egypt was that which you spread out to be your sail. Blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered you.
- 8The people of Sidon and Arvad were your mariners: your wise men, O Tyre, that were in you, were your pilots.
- 9The elders of Gebal and the wise men of it were in you your ship repairers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you to trade for your goods.
- 10They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in your army, your men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in you. They added to your beauty.
- 11The men of Arvad with your army were on your walls all around, and the Gammadims were in your towers: they hanged their shields on your walls all around. They have made your beauty perfect.
- 12Tarshish was your merchant by reason of the great number of all kind of riches. With silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in your fairs.
- 13Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were your merchants: they traded the persons of men and bronze objects in your market.
- 14They of the house of Togarmah traded in your fairs with horses and horsemen and mules.
- 15The men of Dedan were your merchants. Many coastlands traded with you: they brought you for a present horns of ivory and ebony.
- 16Syria was your merchant by reason of the great number of the goods of your making: they occupied in your fairs with emeralds, purple, and embroidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.
- 17Judah, and the land of Israel, they were your merchants: they traded in your market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm.
- 18Damascus was your merchant in the great number of the goods of your making, for the great number of all riches. In the wine of Helbon, and white wool.
- 19Dan also and Javan going back and forth occupied in your fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in your market.
- 20Dedan was your merchant in precious clothes for chariots.
- 21Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with you in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they your merchants.
- 22The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were your merchants: they occupied in your fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold.
- 23Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were your merchants.
- 24These were your merchants in all sorts of things, in blue clothes, and embroidered work, and in chests of rich clothes, bound with cords, and made of cedar, among your goods.
- 25The ships of Tarshish did sing of you in your market: and you were filled, and made very glorious in the middle of the seas.
- 26Your rowers have brought you into great waters: the east wind has broken you in the middle of the seas.
- 27Your riches, and your fairs, your goods, your mariners, and your pilots, your ship repairers, and your traders, and all your men of war, that are in you, and in all your company which is among you, shall fall into the middle of the seas in the day of your ruin.
- 28The pasturelands shall shake at the sound of the cry of your pilots.
- 29And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand on the land.
- 30And shall cause their voice to be heard against you, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust on their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:
- 31And they shall make themselves completely bald for you, and put on rough mourning clothes, and they shall weep for you with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.
- 32And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for you, and lament over you, saying, What city is like Tyre, like the destroyed in the middle of the sea?
- 33When your goods went out of the seas, you filled many people. You did enrich the kings of the earth with your many riches and of your goods.
- 34In the time when you shall be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters your goods and all your company among you shall fall.
- 35All the people of the isles shall be astonished at you, and their kings shall be terrified, they shall be troubled in their face.
- 36The merchants among the people shall hiss at you. You shall be a terror, and never shall be any more.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Ezekiel 27 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVThe word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,
GIGAKJVThe word of the Lord came again to me, saying,
KJVNow, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;
GIGAKJVNow, you son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre.
KJVAnd say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord God; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I am of perfect beauty.
GIGAKJVAnd say to Tyre, O you who are located at the entry of the sea, which are a merchant of the people for many isles, The Lord God says this. O Tyre, you have said, I am of perfect beauty.
KJVThy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty.
GIGAKJVYour borders are in the middle of the seas, your builders have perfected your beauty.
KJVThey have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.
GIGAKJVThey have made all your ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for you.
KJVOf 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.
GIGAKJVOf the oaks of Bashan have they made your oars. The company of the Ashurites have made your benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim.
KJVFine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.
GIGAKJVFine linen with embroidered work from Egypt was that which you spread out to be your sail. Blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered you.
KJVThe inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots.
GIGAKJVThe people of Sidon and Arvad were your mariners: your wise men, O Tyre, that were in you, were your pilots.
KJVThe ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise.
GIGAKJVThe elders of Gebal and the wise men of it were in you your ship repairers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you to trade for your goods.
KJVThey of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.
GIGAKJVThey of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in your army, your men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in you. They added to your beauty.
KJVThe 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.
GIGAKJVThe men of Arvad with your army were on your walls all around, and the Gammadims were in your towers: they hanged their shields on your walls all around. They have made your beauty perfect.
KJVTarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs.
GIGAKJVTarshish was your merchant by reason of the great number of all kind of riches. With silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in your fairs.
KJVJavan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.
GIGAKJVJavan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were your merchants: they traded the persons of men and bronze objects in your market.
KJVThey of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses and horsemen and mules.
GIGAKJVThey of the house of Togarmah traded in your fairs with horses and horsemen and mules.
KJVThe men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns of ivory and ebony.
GIGAKJVThe men of Dedan were your merchants. Many coastlands traded with you: they brought you for a present horns of ivory and ebony.
KJVSyria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.
GIGAKJVSyria was your merchant by reason of the great number of the goods of your making: they occupied in your fairs with emeralds, purple, and embroidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.
KJVJudah, and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants: they traded in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm.
GIGAKJVJudah, and the land of Israel, they were your merchants: they traded in your market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm.
KJVDamascus was thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of thy making, for the multitude of all riches; in the wine of Helbon, and white wool.
GIGAKJVDamascus was your merchant in the great number of the goods of your making, for the great number of all riches. In the wine of Helbon, and white wool.
KJVDan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market.
GIGAKJVDan also and Javan going back and forth occupied in your fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in your market.
KJVDedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots.
GIGAKJVDedan was your merchant in precious clothes for chariots.
KJVArabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they thy merchants.
GIGAKJVArabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with you in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they your merchants.
KJVThe merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy merchants: they occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold.
GIGAKJVThe merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were your merchants: they occupied in your fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold.
KJVHaran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were thy merchants.
GIGAKJVHaran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were your merchants.
KJVThese were thy merchants in all sorts of things, in blue clothes, and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords, and made of cedar, among thy merchandise.
GIGAKJVThese were your merchants in all sorts of things, in blue clothes, and embroidered work, and in chests of rich clothes, bound with cords, and made of cedar, among your goods.
KJVThe ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas.
GIGAKJVThe ships of Tarshish did sing of you in your market: and you were filled, and made very glorious in the middle of the seas.
KJVThy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.
GIGAKJVYour rowers have brought you into great waters: the east wind has broken you in the middle of the seas.
KJVThy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that are in thee, and in all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin.
GIGAKJVYour riches, and your fairs, your goods, your mariners, and your pilots, your ship repairers, and your traders, and all your men of war, that are in you, and in all your company which is among you, shall fall into the middle of the seas in the day of your ruin.
KJVThe suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.
GIGAKJVThe pasturelands shall shake at the sound of the cry of your pilots.
KJVAnd all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land;
GIGAKJVAnd all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand on the land.
KJVAnd shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:
GIGAKJVAnd shall cause their voice to be heard against you, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust on their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:
KJVAnd they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.
GIGAKJVAnd they shall make themselves completely bald for you, and put on rough mourning clothes, and they shall weep for you with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.
KJVAnd 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?
GIGAKJVAnd in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for you, and lament over you, saying, What city is like Tyre, like the destroyed in the middle of the sea?
KJVWhen thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise.
GIGAKJVWhen your goods went out of the seas, you filled many people. You did enrich the kings of the earth with your many riches and of your goods.
KJVIn the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall.
GIGAKJVIn the time when you shall be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters your goods and all your company among you shall fall.
KJVAll the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in their countenance.
GIGAKJVAll the people of the isles shall be astonished at you, and their kings shall be terrified, they shall be troubled in their face.
KJVThe merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt be any more.
GIGAKJVThe merchants among the people shall hiss at you. You shall be a terror, and never shall be any more.
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