Ezekiel 27:5

Verse

They constructed all your planking with cypress from Senir. They took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.

American Standard Version (1901)

They have made all thy planks of fir-trees from Senir; they have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for thee.

They have made all your boards of fir-trees from Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make the supports for your sails.

Douay-Rheims 1899

With fir trees of Sanir they have built thee with all sea planks: they have taken cedars from Libanus to make thee masts.

Free Bible Version

They built you with pine timber from Mount Hermon. They used a cedar from Lebanon to make your mast.

King James (Authorized) Version

They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.

Translation for Translators

You were like [SIM] a huge ship that was built from the from pine/cypress trees on Hermon Mountain. Then they took cedar wood from Lebanon to make a mast for the ship.

Unlocked Literal Bible

They have made all your planks with cypress from Mount Hermon; they took cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.

Noah Webster Bible

They have made all thy ship -boards of fir-trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.

World English Bible

They have made all your planks of cypress trees from Senir. They have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.

Young's Literal Translation

Of firs of Senir they have built to thee all thy double-boarded ships, Of cedars of Lebanon they have taken to make a mast for thee,

Context

A Lament for Tyre

⁴Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders perfected your beauty. ⁵They constructed all your planking with cypress from Senir. They took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you. ⁶Of oaks from Bashan they made your oars; of wood from the coasts of Cyprus they made your deck, inlaid with ivory.

Summary

Ezekiel 27:5 describes the grandeur and beauty of the ships of Tarshish, highlighting their strength and craftsmanship. These ships were renowned for their quality and were used for trading purposes, symbolizing wealth and prosperity. The verse reflects the pride and glory of Tyre, a prosperous trading city, through its impressive fleet of ships. It serves as a reminder of the fleeting nature of earthly riches and the importance of placing trust in God rather than material possessions.

Commentary

Adam Clarke
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Fir trees of Senir - Senir is a mountain which the Sidonians called Sirion, and the Hebrews Hermon, Deu 3:9. It was beyond Jordan, and extended from Libanus to the mountains of Gilead.

John Gill Bible Commentary

Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars,.... To row the ships with; for their ships probably were no other than galleys, which were rowed with oars, as were the ships of first invention. Bashan was a country in Judea where oaks grew; see Isa 2:13. The country of Judea in general was famous for oaks; it abounded with them in the times of Homer (t), who speaks of Typho being buried in a country abounding with oaks, among the rich or fat people of Judea; and he seems to design Bashan particularly, of which Og was king, whom he calls Typho, and of whose bed he makes mention in the same place; hence several places in Judea had their names from the oaks which grew, there, as Elonmoreh, Allonbachuth, Elonmeonenim, Elontabor, and Elonbethhanan, Gen 12:6 and which one would have thought were fitter to make their ships of; but of these only their oars were made: the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim; the benches for the towers to sit on, or for others in the cabin and decks; but that these should be wholly of ivory is not very probable; nor was ivory brought from the isles of Chittim, but from other parts; nor is it easy to say who the company of the Ashurites were; some say the Assyrians; but why they should be so called is not plain. Jarchi makes to be but one word, which signifies box trees, as it is used in Isa 41:19 and he supposes that these benches, or be they what they will, were made of box trees covered or inlaid with ivory. So the Targum, "the lintels of thy gates (the hatches) were planks of box tree inlaid with ivory;'' which box, and not the ivory, was brought from the isles of Chittim; either from Cyprus, where was a place called Citium; or from Macedonia, from whence box was fetched; or from the province of Apulia, as the Targum; where there might be plenty of it, as in Corsica, and other places, where particularly the best box grows, as Pliny (u) says. Jerom interprets Cittin of Italy; and Ben Gorion says (w) that Cittim are the Romans. (t) ', . Homer. Iliad. 2. Vid. Dickinson, Delphi Phoenicix. c. 2. p. 13, 16. (u) Nat. Hist. l. 10. c. 16. (w) Heb. Hist. l. 1. c. 1. p. 7.

Ezekiel 27:5

A Lament for Tyre

Scripture
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Commentary

Berean Standard Bible

They constructed all your planking with cypress from Senir. They took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.

American Standard Version (1901)

They have made all thy planks of fir-trees from Senir; they have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for thee.

Bible in Basic English

They have made all your boards of fir-trees from Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make the supports for your sails.

Douay-Rheims 1899

With fir trees of Sanir they have built thee with all sea planks: they have taken cedars from Libanus to make thee masts.

Free Bible Version

They built you with pine timber from Mount Hermon. They used a cedar from Lebanon to make your mast.

King James (Authorized) Version

They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.

Translation for Translators

You were like [SIM] a huge ship that was built from the from pine/cypress trees on Hermon Mountain. Then they took cedar wood from Lebanon to make a mast for the ship.

Unlocked Literal Bible

They have made all your planks with cypress from Mount Hermon; they took cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.

Noah Webster Bible

They have made all thy ship -boards of fir-trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.

World English Bible

They have made all your planks of cypress trees from Senir. They have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.

Young's Literal Translation

Of firs of Senir they have built to thee all thy double-boarded ships, Of cedars of Lebanon they have taken to make a mast for thee,

Adam Clarke
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Fir trees of Senir - Senir is a mountain which the Sidonians called Sirion, and the Hebrews Hermon, Deu 3:9. It was beyond Jordan, and extended from Libanus to the mountains of Gilead.

John Gill Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 27:5

Verse

Context

A Lament for Tyre

Summary

Commentary

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 27:5

A Lament for Tyre

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary