Ezekiel 27 Parallel Bible

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	SLT Smith's Literal Translation	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
1	And the word of Jehovah will be to me, saying,	The word of the LORD came to me:	The word of the LORD came to me:
2	Thou son of man, lift up a lamentation for 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, Thou dwelling at the entrance of the sea, a traffic of the peoples for many islands, thus said the Lord Jehovah: O Tyre, thou saidst, I am perfect 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	In the heart of the see thy bound; they building thee completed thy 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 built all thy bounds cypress from Shenir: they took cedars from Lebanon to make a mast for thee.	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	The oaks of Bashan they made thine oars; the house of the Ashurites made thy desk of ivory from the isles of Chittim.	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 variegation from Egypt was thy spreading forth to be to thee for a signal; cerulean purple, and reddish purple, from the isles of Elisha was thy 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 Arvad were rowers to thee: thy wise, O Tyre, were in thee, they thy sailors.	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 old men of Gebal and her wise were in thee making strong thy breach: all the ships of the sea and thy seamen were in thee to traffic from thy traffic.	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	Persia and Lud and Phut were in thy strength, thy men of war: hung the shield and helmet in thee; they gave thy decoration.	“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 sons of Arvad and thine army upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hung their shields upon thy walls round about; they completed thy beauty.	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 thy merchant from the multitude of all riches: in silver, iron, alloy, and lead, they gave thy markets.	“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, they thy merchants: they gave from thy traffic in the soul of man, and vessels of brass.	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	From the house of Togarmah, horses and horsemen and mules they gave thy markets.	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 sons of Dedan thy merchants; many isles the traffic of thy hand: and they brought back horns of ivory and ebony.	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	Aram thy merchant from the multitude of thy works: they gave in thy markets with the gem, reddish purple, and variegation, and byssus, and red corals, and ruby.	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 thy merchants: in wheat of Minnith and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balsam, they gave thy traffic.	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 thy merchant in the multitude of thy works from the multitude of all riches, with wine of Helbon and wool of whiteness.	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	And Dan and Javan going away gave in thy markets: making iron, cassia and sweet cane was in thy traffic.	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	Dedan thy merchant, garments of spreading out for the chariot.	Dedan traded with you in saddlecloths for riding.	“’Dedan traded in saddle blankets with you.
21	Arabia and all the princes of Kedar, they the merchants of thy hand with lambs and rams and he goats: in them thy merchants.	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, they thy merchants with the head of all spicery, and with every precious stone and gold they gave thy markets.	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, Assur, and Chilmad, thy 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	They thy merchants in perfections in coverings of cerulean purple, and variegation and in treasures of variegated stuffs bound with cords and made fast in thy markets.	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 ships of Tarshish celebrating thee in thy traffic; and thou wilt be filled and honored greatly in the heart of the sea.	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	Thy rower brought thee into many waters: the wind of the east broke thee in the heart 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	Thy riches and thy markets, thy traffic, thy seamen, and thy shipmen, they making strong thy breach, and they trafficking thy traffic, and all the men of thy war that are in thee, and in all thy convocation which is in the midst of thee, they shall fall into the heart of the sea, in the day of thy fall.	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	At the voice of the cry of thy shipmen, the areas shall shake.	At the sound of the cry of your pilots the countryside shakes,	The shorelands will quake when your sailors cry out.
29	All holding the oars, the seamen and the shipmen of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the earth.	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 with their voice they shall cause to be heard against thee, and they shall cry with bitterness, and they shall bring up dust upon their heads, and they shall roll themselves 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 made themselves bald with baldness for thee, and they girded themselves with sackcloth, and they wept for thee with bitterness of soul 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 lifted up a lamentation for thee, and they lamented over thee: Who as Tyre, as she desolated 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	In the going forth of thy markets from the seas thou didst satisfy many peoples; with the multitude of thy riches and thy traffics thou didst enrich the kings of the earth.	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	The time thou wert broken from the seas in the depths of the waters, thy traffic and all thy convocation fell in the midst of thee.	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 isles were astonished at thee, and their kings shuddering, shuddered; the faces were moved.	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 peoples hissed at thee; thou wert terrors; and thou not, even forever.	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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