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Your men of skill, O Tyre, were there as your captains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/27.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise <i>men</i>, O Tyrus, <i>that</i> were in thee, were thy pilots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/27.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen; Your wise men, O Tyre, were in you; They became your pilots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/27.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; Your wise men, Tyre, were aboard; they were your sailors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/27.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; Your wise men, O Tyre, were aboard; they were your pilots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/27.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; Your wise men, O Tyre, were aboard; they were your pilots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/27.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; Your wise men, O Tyre, were aboard; they were your pilots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/27.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“The inhabitants of Sidon and [the island] of Arvad were your oarsmen; Your skilled <i>and</i> wise men, O Tyre, were with you; they were your pilots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/27.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers. Your wise men were within you, Tyre; they were your captains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/27.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers. Your wise men were within you, Tyre; they were your captains. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/27.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were thy rowers: thy wise men, O Tyre, were in thee, they were thy pilots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/27.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Men from Sidon and Arvad did the rowing, and your own skilled workers were the captains. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/27.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy rowers: thy wise men, O Tyre, were in thee, they were thy pilots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/27.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />" 'People from Sidon and Arvad used to row you. Your own skilled people were your sailors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/27.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Your oarsmen were from the cities of Sidon and Arvad. Your own skillful men were the sailors. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/27.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Your sailors were conscripted from Sidon and Arvad, and your officers served aboard as pilots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/27.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The men of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen. Your men of skill, O Tyre, were there as your captains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/27.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The leaders of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; your skilled men, O Tyre, were your captains. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/27.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers: your wise men, Tyre, were in you, they were your pilots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/27.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyre, that were in thee, were thy pilots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/27.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers. Your wise men, Tyre, were in you. They were your pilots. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/27.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad have been rowers for you, "" Your wise men, O Tyre, have been in you, "" They [are] your pilots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/27.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad have been rowers to thee, Thy wise men, O Tyre, have been in thee, They are thy pilots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/27.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were rowers to thee: thy wise, O Tyre, were in thee, they thy sailors.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/27.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The inhabitants of Sidon, and the Arabians were thy rowers : thy wise men, O Tyre, were thy pilots. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/27.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />The inhabitants of Sidon and of Arwad were your rowers. Your wise ones, O Tyre, were your navigators.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/27.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen; Your own sages, Tyre, were on board, serving as your sailors. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/27.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; skilled men of Zemer were within you, they were your pilots.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/27.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />The inhabitants of Zidon and Arwad were your mariners; your wise men, O Tyre, were your pilots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/27.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Dwellers of Tsidon and of Arud were drivers for your oars. Your wise men, Tyre, have been your mariners<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/27.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad Were thy rowers; Thy wise men, O Tyre, were in thee, They were thy pilots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/27.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And thy princes were the dwellers in Sidon, and the Aradians were thy rowers: thy wise men, O Sor, who were in thee, these were thy pilots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/27-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=7720" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/27.htm">A Lament for Tyre</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">7</span>Of embroidered fine linen from Egypt they made your sail, which served as your banner. Of blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah they made your awning. <span class="reftext">8</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: yō·šə·ḇê (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">The men</a> <a href="/hebrew/6721.htm" title="6721: ṣî·ḏō·wn (N-proper-fs) -- Or Tsiydon; from tsuwd in the sense of catching fish; fishery; Tsidon, the name of a son of Canaan, and of a place in Palestine.">of Sidon</a> <a href="/hebrew/719.htm" title="719: wə·’ar·waḏ (Conj-w:: N-proper-fs) -- A city of Phoenicia. Probably from ruwd; a refuge for the roving; Arvad, an island-city of Palestine.">and Arvad</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hā·yū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">were</a> <a href="/hebrew/7751.htm" title="7751: šā·ṭîm (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to push forth; to lash, i.e. to row; by implication, to travel.">your oarsmen.</a> <a href="/hebrew/lāḵ (Prep:: 2fs) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/2450.htm" title="2450: ḥă·ḵā·ma·yiḵ (Adj-mpc:: 2fs) -- Wise. From chakam; wise.">Your men of skill,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6865.htm" title="6865: ṣō·wr (N-proper-fs) -- A Phoenician city. Or Tsowr; the same as tsor; a rock; Tsor, a place in Palestine.">O Tyre,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hā·yū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">were there</a> <a href="/hebrew/1992.htm" title="1992: hêm·māh (Pro-3mp) -- They. Or hemmah; masculine plural from halak; they."></a> <a href="/hebrew/ḇāḵ (Prep:: 2fs) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/2259.htm" title="2259: ḥō·ḇə·lā·yiḵ (N-mpc:: 2fs) -- Sailor. Active participle from chabal; a sailor.">as your captains.</a> </span><span class="reftext">9</span>The elders of Gebal were aboard as shipwrights, repairing your leaks. All the ships of the sea and their sailors came alongside to barter for your merchandise.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/23-1.htm">Isaiah 23:1-18</a></span><br />This is the burden against Tyre: Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor. Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus. / Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon, whose traders have crossed the sea. / On the great waters came the grain of Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre; she was the merchant of the nations. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-17.htm">Revelation 18:17-19</a></span><br />For in a single hour such fabulous wealth has been destroyed!” Every shipmaster, passenger, and sailor, and all who make their living from the sea, will stand at a distance / and cry out at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her. “What city was ever like this great city?” they will exclaim. / Then they will throw dust on their heads as they weep and mourn and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, where all who had ships on the sea were enriched by her wealth! For in a single hour she has been destroyed.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/25-22.htm">Jeremiah 25:22</a></span><br />all the kings of Tyre and Sidon; the kings of the coastlands across the sea;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/9-26.htm">1 Kings 9:26-28</a></span><br />King Solomon also assembled a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea. / And Hiram sent his servants, sailors who knew the sea, to serve in the fleet with Solomon’s servants. / They sailed to Ophir and imported gold from there—420 talents—and delivered it to Solomon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/8-18.htm">2 Chronicles 8:18</a></span><br />So Hiram sent him ships captained by his servants, along with crews of experienced sailors. They went with Solomon’s servants to Ophir and acquired from there 450 talents of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jonah/1-3.htm">Jonah 1:3</a></span><br />Jonah, however, got up to flee to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard to sail for Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/27-2.htm">Acts 27:2</a></span><br />We boarded an Adramyttian ship about to sail for ports along the coast of Asia, and we put out to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/48-7.htm">Psalm 48:7</a></span><br />With a wind from the east You wrecked the ships of Tarshish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/2-16.htm">Isaiah 2:16</a></span><br />against every ship of Tarshish, and against every stately vessel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-11.htm">Revelation 18:11-13</a></span><br />And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because there is no one left to buy their cargo— / cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; of fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet; of all kinds of citron wood and every article of ivory, precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble; / of cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; of wine, olive oil, fine flour, and wheat; of cattle, sheep, horses, and carriages; of bodies and souls of slaves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/60-9.htm">Isaiah 60:9</a></span><br />Surely the islands will wait for Me, with the ships of Tarshish in the lead, to bring your children from afar, with their silver and gold, to the honor of the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, for He has glorified you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/26-17.htm">Ezekiel 26:17-18</a></span><br />Then they will lament for you, saying, “How you have perished, O city of renown inhabited by seafaring men—she who was powerful on the sea, along with her people, who imposed terror on all peoples! / Now the coastlands tremble on the day of your downfall; the islands in the sea are dismayed by your demise.”’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-21.htm">Matthew 11:21-22</a></span><br />“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. / But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/9-2.htm">Zechariah 9:2-4</a></span><br />and also against Hamath, which borders it, as well as Tyre and Sidon, though they are very shrewd. / Tyre has built herself a fortress; she has heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets. / Behold, the Lord will impoverish her and cast her wealth into the sea, and she will be consumed by fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/27-41.htm">Acts 27:41</a></span><br />But the ship struck a sandbar and ran aground. The bow stuck fast and would not move, and the stern was being broken up by the pounding of the waves.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were your mariners: your wise men, O Tyrus, that were in you, were your pilots.</p><p class="hdg">Zidon</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/10-15.htm">Genesis 10:15</a></b></br> And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,</p><p class="hdg">Sidon</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/49-13.htm">Genesis 49:13</a></b></br> Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he <i>shall be</i> for an haven of ships; and his border <i>shall be</i> unto Zidon.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/11-8.htm">Joshua 11:8</a></b></br> And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephothmaim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining.</p><p class="hdg">Arvad</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/27-11.htm">Ezekiel 27:11</a></b></br> The men of Arvad with thine army <i>were</i> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/10-18.htm">Genesis 10:18</a></b></br> And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/10-9.htm">Isaiah 10:9</a></b></br> <i>Is</i> not Calno as Carchemish? <i>is</i> not Hamath as Arpad? <i>is</i> not Samaria as Damascus?</p><p class="hdg">wise</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/27-28.htm">Ezekiel 27:28</a></b></br> The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/5-6.htm">1 Kings 5:6</a></b></br> Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt appoint: for thou knowest that <i>there is</i> not among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/9-27.htm">1 Kings 9:27</a></b></br> And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/54-3.htm">Aboard</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-11.htm">Arvad</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-29.htm">Boatmen</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-10.htm">Guiding</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-17.htm">Inhabitants</a> <a href="/revelation/18-17.htm">Mariners</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-26.htm">Oarsmen</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-29.htm">Pilots</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-26.htm">Rowers</a> <a href="/1_kings/9-27.htm">Seamen</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-5.htm">Ships</a> <a href="/jeremiah/47-4.htm">Sidon</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-31.htm">Skilled</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-3.htm">Tyre</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-3.htm">Tyrus</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-57.htm">Wise</a> <a href="/jeremiah/47-4.htm">Zidon</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/john/21-11.htm">Aboard</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-11.htm">Arvad</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-26.htm">Boatmen</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-27.htm">Guiding</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-35.htm">Inhabitants</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-9.htm">Mariners</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-26.htm">Oarsmen</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-27.htm">Pilots</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-26.htm">Rowers</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-9.htm">Seamen</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-9.htm">Ships</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-21.htm">Sidon</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-9.htm">Skilled</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-32.htm">Tyre</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-32.htm">Tyrus</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-9.htm">Wise</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-21.htm">Zidon</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 27</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/27-1.htm">The riches and commerce of Tyrus</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/27-26.htm">The great and irrecoverable fall thereof</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/27.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezekiel/27.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>The men of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen.</b><br>Sidon and Arvad were prominent Phoenician cities known for their maritime prowess. Sidon, one of the oldest Phoenician cities, was renowned for its skilled sailors and shipbuilders. Arvad, an island city, was similarly noted for its naval capabilities. The mention of these cities highlights Tyre's reliance on neighboring regions for manpower, emphasizing the interconnectedness of ancient maritime trade networks. This reflects the historical context where city-states often collaborated for economic and military purposes. The use of Sidon and Arvad's men as oarsmen underscores Tyre's extensive trade and influence across the Mediterranean, as well as its dependence on the expertise of others to maintain its commercial dominance.<p><b>Your men of skill, O Tyre, were there as your captains.</b><br>Tyre was a leading city of Phoenicia, famed for its wealth and advanced maritime technology. The reference to "men of skill" indicates the high level of expertise and leadership within Tyre itself. These captains were likely responsible for navigating the complex trade routes and ensuring the safety and success of Tyre's commercial ventures. This phrase highlights the city's internal resources and capabilities, contrasting with its reliance on external manpower for more labor-intensive tasks. The skilled leadership of Tyre's own people would have been crucial in maintaining its status as a powerful and prosperous trading hub. This can be seen as a metaphor for the importance of wise and capable leadership in any successful endeavor, a theme echoed throughout Scripture.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/s/sidon.htm">Sidon</a></b><br>An ancient Phoenician city known for its skilled sailors and craftsmen. It was a significant maritime and trade center in the ancient world.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/a/arvad.htm">Arvad</a></b><br>An island city-state off the coast of modern-day Syria, also known for its seafaring and naval prowess. It contributed skilled rowers to Tyre's fleet.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/tyre.htm">Tyre</a></b><br>A prominent Phoenician city known for its wealth, trade, and maritime dominance. Tyre is often depicted in the Bible as a symbol of pride and worldly success.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/r/rowers.htm">Rowers</a></b><br>Individuals responsible for propelling the ships, indicating the importance of manpower and skill in Tyre's maritime operations.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/h/helmsmen.htm">Helmsmen</a></b><br>Skilled navigators and leaders aboard the ships, representing the expertise and leadership that guided Tyre's commercial ventures.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_pride.htm">The Danger of Pride</a></b><br>Tyre's reliance on its skilled men and wealth led to pride, which ultimately contributed to its downfall. We must guard against pride in our own lives, recognizing that all skills and successes are gifts from God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_community_and_collaboration.htm">The Importance of Community and Collaboration</a></b><br>The collaboration between Sidon, Arvad, and Tyre highlights the importance of working together and valuing the contributions of others. In the body of Christ, each member has a role to play.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_transience_of_worldly_success.htm">The Transience of Worldly Success</a></b><br>Tyre's account is a reminder that worldly success and wealth are temporary. Our focus should be on eternal treasures and serving God's kingdom.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/leadership_and_responsibility.htm">Leadership and Responsibility</a></b><br>The role of helmsmen underscores the importance of wise and responsible leadership. As Christians, we are called to lead with integrity and humility.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/dependence_on_god.htm">Dependence on God</a></b><br>While Tyre depended on its own resources and alliances, we are reminded to place our trust in God, who is the ultimate source of strength and guidance.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_27.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 27</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_tyre_uniquely_splendid_in_ezekiel.htm">Why does Ezekiel 27 portray Tyre as uniquely splendid when other contemporary sources suggest rivals of similar influence?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_tyre's_prophecy_match_history.htm">In Ezekiel 27, how can the prophecy of Tyre's total destruction be reconciled with historical evidence that Tyre persisted for centuries?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_stock_market.htm">What is the Bible's perspective on the stock market?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_ezekiel_27_conflict_with_tyre's_later_history.htm">Does Ezekiel 27's depiction of Tyre's downfall conflict with later accounts of Alexander the Great's conquest and the city's partial rebuilding?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/27.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(8) <span class= "bld">Arvad.</span>--The description now turns to the sailors. The Arvadite is mentioned among the family of Canaan in <a href="/genesis/10-18.htm" title="And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.">Genesis 10:18</a>, and corresponds to the Greek Aradus. There were two islands of this name: one in the Persian Gulf, the other (the one here intended) a rocky island north of the coast of Tripoli, on which a city was built like Tyre. The Ph?nician cities of Zidon and Arvad furnished the oarsmen, but Tyre itself the superior captains and pilots.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/27.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 8.</span> - The two cities are named as tributaries of Tyro from which she drew her sailors, the Tyrians themselves acting as captains and pilots. <span class="cmt_word">Zidon</span> (now <span class="accented">Saida</span>) is named in <a href="/genesis/10-15.htm">Genesis 10:15</a> as the firstborn of Canaan, and was older than Tyre itself (<a href="/isaiah/23-2.htm">Isaiah 23:2, 12</a>). <span class="cmt_word">Arvad</span> is identified with the Greek Aradus, the modern <span class="accented">Ruad</span>, an island about two miles from the coast, about two miles north of the mouth of the river Eleutheros (<span class="accented">Nahr-el-Kebir</span>). It is scarcely a mile in circumference, but was prominent enough to be named here and in <a href="/genesis/10-18.htm">Genesis 10:18</a>; <a href="/1_chronicles/1-16.htm">1 Chronicles 1:16</a>. Opposite to it on the mainland was the town of Antaradus. <span class="cmt_word">For mariners</span>, the Revised Version gives <span class="accented">rowers</span>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/27-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">The men</span><br /><span class="heb">יֹשְׁבֵ֤י</span> <span class="translit">(yō·šə·ḇê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Sidon</span><br /><span class="heb">צִידוֹן֙</span> <span class="translit">(ṣî·ḏō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6721.htm">Strong's 6721: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sidon -- a Phoenician city on the Mediterranean coast, also a son of Canaan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and Arvad</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאַרְוַ֔ד</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ar·waḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_719.htm">Strong's 719: </a> </span><span class="str2">Arvad -- a city of Phoenicia</span><br /><br /><span class="word">were</span><br /><span class="heb">הָי֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·yū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your oarsmen.</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁטִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(šā·ṭîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7751.htm">Strong's 7751: </a> </span><span class="str2">To push forth, to lash, to row, to travel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Your men of skill,</span><br /><span class="heb">חֲכָמַ֤יִךְ</span> <span class="translit">(ḥă·ḵā·ma·yiḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2450.htm">Strong's 2450: </a> </span><span class="str2">Wise</span><br /><br /><span class="word">O Tyre,</span><br /><span class="heb">צוֹר֙</span> <span class="translit">(ṣō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6865.htm">Strong's 6865: </a> </span><span class="str2">Tyre -- a Phoenician city</span><br /><br /><span class="word">were [there]</span><br /><span class="heb">הָ֣יוּ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·yū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as your captains.</span><br /><span class="heb">חֹבְלָֽיִךְ׃</span> <span class="translit">(ḥō·ḇə·lā·yiḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2259.htm">Strong's 2259: </a> </span><span class="str2">A sailor</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/27-8.htm">Ezekiel 27:8 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/27-8.htm">Ezekiel 27:8 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/27-8.htm">Ezekiel 27:8 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/27-8.htm">Ezekiel 27:8 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/27-8.htm">Ezekiel 27:8 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/27-8.htm">Ezekiel 27:8 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/27-8.htm">Ezekiel 27:8 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/27-8.htm">Ezekiel 27:8 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/27-8.htm">Ezekiel 27:8 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/27-8.htm">Ezekiel 27:8 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/27-8.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 27:8 The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were (Ezek. 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