Ezekiel 27 Parallel Bible

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	LAMSA Lamsa Bible	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
1	THE word of the LORD came to me, saying,	The word of the LORD came to me:	The word of the LORD came to me:
2	Now, Son of man, make a lamentation over Tyre;	“Now you, son of man, raise a lamentation over Tyre,	“Son of man, take up a lament concerning Tyre.
3	And say to Tyre, O you that are situated at the entry of the sea, the trading center of the people and of many islands, Thus says the LORD God: O Tyre, you have said, I am the crown of beauty.	and say to Tyre, who dwells at the entrances to the sea, merchant of the peoples to many coastlands, thus says the Lord GOD: “O Tyre, you have said, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’	Say to Tyre, situated at the gateway to the sea, merchant of peoples on many coasts, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: “’You say, Tyre, “I am perfect in beauty.”
4	Your borders are in the midst of the seas, your builders have perfected your beauty.	Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders made perfect your beauty.	Your domain was on the high seas; your builders brought your beauty to perfection.
5	They have brought you timber of fir trees from Senir for your ships; they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for you.	They made all your planks of fir trees from Senir; they took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.	They made all your timbers of juniper from Senir; they took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
6	Of the oaks of Bashan have they made your oars; they have made your benches of ivory brought from the isles of China.	Of oaks of Bashan they made your oars; they made your deck of pines from the coasts of Cyprus, inlaid with ivory.	Of oaks from Bashan they made your oars; of cypress wood from the coasts of Cyprus they made your deck, adorned with ivory.
7	Fine linen with embroidered work brought from Egypt was made for your sails; blue and purple they brought you from the islands of Alis for your covering.	Of fine embroidered linen from Egypt was your sail, serving as your banner; blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah was your awning.	Fine embroidered linen from Egypt was your sail and served as your banner; your awnings were of blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah.
8	The inhabitants of Zidon and Arwad were your mariners; your wise men, O Tyre, were your pilots.	The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; your skilled men, O Tyre, were in you; they were your pilots.	Men of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen; your skilled men, Tyre, were aboard as your sailors.
9	The elders of Gebal and the wise men thereof were your caulkers; all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in your harbors.	The elders of Gebal and her skilled men were in you, caulking your seams; all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you to barter for your wares.	Veteran craftsmen of Byblos were on board as shipwrights to caulk your seams. All the ships of the sea and their sailors came alongside to trade for your wares.
10	The Persians, the Lydians, and the men of Put, all valiant men, were in your army; they hung the shields and the helmets in you; they were your glory.	“Persia and Lud and Put were in your army as your men of war. They hung the shield and helmet in you; they gave you splendor.	“’Men of Persia, Lydia and Put served as soldiers in your army. They hung their shields and helmets on your walls, bringing you splendor.
11	The men of Arwad with your army manned your fortified walls and guarded your towers; they hung their shields upon your walls round about; they made your beauty perfect.	Men of Arvad and Helech were on your walls all around, and men of Gamad were in your towers. They hung their shields on your walls all around; they made perfect your beauty.	Men of Arvad and Helek guarded your walls on every side; men of Gammad were in your towers. They hung their shields around your walls; they brought your beauty to perfection.
12	Tarshish was your market place by reason of the abundance and variety of your wealth: silver, iron, tin, and lead they brought in to you for sale.	“Tarshish did business with you because of your great wealth of every kind; silver, iron, tin, and lead they exchanged for your wares.	“’Tarshish did business with you because of your great wealth of goods; they exchanged silver, iron, tin and lead for your merchandise.
13	Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your merchants; they traded with you in slaves and vessels of brass in your markets.	Javan, Tubal, and Meshech traded with you; they exchanged human beings and vessels of bronze for your merchandise.	“’Greece, Tubal and Meshek did business with you; they traded human beings and articles of bronze for your wares.
14	They of the house of Togarmah traded in your markets with horses and horsemen and mules.	From Beth-togarmah they exchanged horses, war horses, and mules for your wares.	“’Men of Beth Togarmah exchanged chariot horses, cavalry horses and mules for your merchandise.
15	The men of Deran were your merchants; many islands were the markets for the products of your hands; they brought you for presents horns of ivory for ointment, and frankincense.	The men of Dedan traded with you. Many coastlands were your own special markets; they brought you in payment ivory tusks and ebony.	“’The men of Rhodes traded with you, and many coastlands were your customers; they paid you with ivory tusks and ebony.
16	Edom was your market place by reason of many of your products: your purple, fine linen, embroidered work, purple robes, bracelets, and agate.	Syria did business with you because of your abundant goods; they exchanged for your wares emeralds, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and ruby.	“’Aram did business with you because of your many products; they exchanged turquoise, purple fabric, embroidered work, fine linen, coral and rubies for your merchandise.
17	Judah and the land of Israel, they were your merchants; they traded in your markets wheat, rice, millet, honey, oil, and balsam.	Judah and the land of Israel traded with you; they exchanged for your merchandise wheat of Minnith, meal, honey, oil, and balm.	“’Judah and Israel traded with you; they exchanged wheat from Minnith and confections, honey, olive oil and balm for your wares.
18	Damascus was your market place in the multitude of your products and your wealth; she traded with good wine and white wool.	Damascus did business with you for your abundant goods, because of your great wealth of every kind; wine of Helbon and wool of Sahar	“’Damascus did business with you because of your many products and great wealth of goods. They offered wine from Helbon, wool from Zahar
19	Dan and Javan brought you merchandise to your markets from Usal, their iron ore, cassia, and cane.	and casks of wine from Uzal they exchanged for your wares; wrought iron, cassia, and calamus were bartered for your merchandise.	and casks of wine from Izal in exchange for your wares: wrought iron, cassia and calamus.
20	Deran was your market place; her merchants brought you the choicest cattle.	Dedan traded with you in saddlecloths for riding.	“’Dedan traded in saddle blankets with you.
21	They also brought you rams, lambs, and kids.	Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your favored dealers in lambs, rams, and goats; in these they did business with you.	“’Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your customers; they did business with you in lambs, rams and goats.
22	The merchants of Sheba and Raamah brought to your markets their best spices and precious stones and gold.	The traders of Sheba and Raamah traded with you; they exchanged for your wares the best of all kinds of spices and all precious stones and gold.	“’The merchants of Sheba and Raamah traded with you; for your merchandise they exchanged the finest of all kinds of spices and precious stones, and gold.
23	Haran and Canneh and Eden, the merchants of Sheba and Assyria, were your merchants.	Haran, Canneh, Eden, traders of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad traded with you.	“’Harran, Kanneh and Eden and merchants of Sheba, Ashur and Kilmad traded with you.
24	These were your merchants, who brought you blue clothes and embroidered work and precious riches, which were wrapped up and bound with cords and laden in ships made of cedar.	In your market these traded with you in choice garments, in clothes of blue and embroidered work, and in carpets of colored material, bound with cords and made secure.	In your marketplace they traded with you beautiful garments, blue fabric, embroidered work and multicolored rugs with cords twisted and tightly knotted.
25	The men of Tarshish who dwell west of you brought you loads of merchandise, and you were filled and became exceedingly strong.	The ships of Tarshish traveled for you with your merchandise. So you were filled and heavily laden in the heart of the seas.	“’The ships of Tarshish serve as carriers for your wares. You are filled with heavy cargo as you sail the sea.
26	Your rowers have brought you into great waters; the east wind has broken you in the midst of the seas.	“Your rowers have brought you out into the high seas. The east wind has wrecked you in the heart of the seas.	Your oarsmen take you out to the high seas. But the east wind will break you to pieces far out at sea.
27	Your riches and your merchandise and your fairs, all your chosen warriors, your mariners and your pilots, your caulkers and the handlers of your merchandise and all your men of war and all the multitude of people who are in you shall fall in the midst of the seas in the day of your ruin.	Your riches, your wares, your merchandise, your mariners and your pilots, your caulkers, your dealers in merchandise, and all your men of war who are in you, with all your crew that is in your midst, sink into the heart of the seas on the day of your fall.	Your wealth, merchandise and wares, your mariners, sailors and shipwrights, your merchants and all your soldiers, and everyone else on board will sink into the heart of the sea on the day of your shipwreck.
28	Those who dwell round about you shall tremble at the sound of the wailing of your pilots.	At the sound of the cry of your pilots the countryside shakes,	The shorelands will quake when your sailors cry out.
29	And 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 shore,	and down from their ships come all who handle the oar. The mariners and all the pilots of the sea stand on the land	All who handle the oars will abandon their ships; the mariners and all the sailors will stand on the shore.
30	And they shall lament over you a great and bitter lamentation and shall cast dust upon their heads and shall wallow in ashes:	and shout aloud over you and cry out bitterly. They cast dust on their heads and wallow in ashes;	They will raise their voice and cry bitterly over you; they will sprinkle dust on their heads and roll in ashes.
31	And they shall shave their heads in mourning over you, and gird themselves with sackcloth, and they shall weep for you with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.	they make themselves bald for you and put sackcloth on their waist, and they weep over you in bitterness of soul, with bitter mourning.	They will shave their heads because of you and will put on sackcloth. They will weep over you with anguish of soul and with bitter mourning.
32	And their sons shall take up lamentations for you and lament over you, saying, Who was like Tyre built in the midst of the sea?	In their wailing they raise a lamentation for you and lament over you: ‘Who is like Tyre, like one destroyed in the midst of the sea?	As they wail and mourn over you, they will take up a lament concerning you: “Who was ever silenced like Tyre, surrounded by the sea?”
33	When your wares went forth upon the seas, you filled many nations; you enriched the kings of the earth with the abundance of your riches and of your merchandise.	When your wares came from the seas, you satisfied many peoples; with your abundant wealth and merchandise you enriched the kings of the earth.	When your merchandise went out on the seas, you satisfied many nations; with your great wealth and your wares you enriched the kings of the earth.
34	In the time when you shall be broken and sink in the depths of the sea, your merchandise and all your people in the midst of you shall fall.	Now you are wrecked by the seas, in the depths of the waters; your merchandise and all your crew in your midst have sunk with you.	Now you are shattered by the sea in the depths of the waters; your wares and all your company have gone down with you.
35	All the inhabitants of the islands shall be astonished at you and their kings shall be sore afraid; tears shall run down their faces.	All the inhabitants of the coastlands are appalled at you, and the hair of their kings bristles with horror; their faces are convulsed.	All who live in the coastlands are appalled at you; their kings shudder with horror and their faces are distorted with fear.
36	The merchants among the people shall hiss at you; you have become a ruin, and you never shall be any more.	The merchants among the peoples hiss at you; you have come to a dreadful end and shall be no more forever.’”	The merchants among the nations scoff at you; you have come to a horrible end and will be no more.’”
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