Ezekiel 27:24
New International Version
In your marketplace they traded with you beautiful garments, blue fabric, embroidered work and multicolored rugs with cords twisted and tightly knotted.

New Living Translation
They brought choice fabrics to trade—blue cloth, embroidery, and multicolored carpets rolled up and bound with cords.

English Standard Version
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.

Berean Standard Bible
In your marketplace they traded with you fine garments of blue, embroidered work, and multicolored rugs with cords tightly twisted and knotted.

King James Bible
These 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.

New King James Version
These were your merchants in choice items—in purple clothes, in embroidered garments, in chests of multicolored apparel, in sturdy woven cords, which were in your marketplace.

New American Standard Bible
They traded with you in choice garments, in clothes of violet and colorfully woven cloth, and in blankets of two colors, and tightly wound cords, which were among your merchandise.

NASB 1995
“They traded with you in choice garments, in clothes of blue and embroidered work, and in carpets of many colors and tightly wound cords, which were among your merchandise.

NASB 1977
“They traded with you in choice garments, in clothes of blue and embroidered work, and in carpets of many colors, and tightly wound cords, which were among your merchandise.

Legacy Standard Bible
They traded with you in choice garments, in clothes of blue and embroidered work, and in carpets of many colors and tightly wound cords, which were among your merchandise.

Amplified Bible
They traded with you in choice fabrics and garments, in clothes of blue or violet and embroidered work, and in [treasures of] multi-colored damask and knotted carpets bound with tightly wound cords, which were among your merchandise.

Christian Standard Bible
They were your merchants in choice garments, cloaks of blue and embroidered materials, and multicolored carpets, which were bound and secured with cords in your marketplace.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They were your merchants in choice garments, cloaks of blue and embroidered materials, and multicolored carpets, which were bound and secured with cords in your marketplace.

American Standard Version
These were thy traffickers in choice wares, in wrappings of blue and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords and made of cedar, among thy merchandise.

Contemporary English Version
and they gave you expensive clothing, purple and embroidered cloth, brightly colored rugs, and strong rope.

English Revised Version
These were thy traffickers in choice wares, in wrappings of blue and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords and made of cedar, among thy merchandise.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
In your marketplace they traded for beautiful clothes, purple robes, embroidered cloth, and many multicolored rugs with woven and twisted cords.

Good News Translation
They sold you luxurious clothing, purple cloth, and embroidery, brightly colored carpets, and well-made cords and ropes.

International Standard Version
trading garments made into the finest blue and embroidered mantels, and also multi-colored carpets, ropes, and other merchandise.

Majority Standard Bible
In your marketplace they traded with you fine garments of blue, embroidered work, and multicolored rugs with cords tightly twisted and knotted.

NET Bible
They traded with you choice garments, purple clothes and embroidered work, and multicolored carpets, bound and reinforced with cords; these were among your merchandise.

New Heart English Bible
These were your traffickers in choice wares, in wrappings of blue and embroidered work, and in chests of rich clothing, bound with cords and made of cedar, among your merchandise.

Webster's Bible Translation
These 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.

World English Bible
These were your traders in choice wares, in wrappings of blue and embroidered work, and in cedar chests of rich clothing bound with cords, among your merchandise.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
They [are] your merchants for perfect things, "" For wrappings of blue, and embroidery, "" And for treasuries of rich apparel, "" With cords bound and girded, for your merchandise,

Young's Literal Translation
They are thy merchants for perfect things, For wrappings of blue, and embroidery, And for treasuries of rich apparel, With cords bound and girded, for thy merchandise,

Smith's Literal Translation
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.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
They were thy merchants in divers manners, with bales of blue cloth, and of embroidered work, and of precious riches, which were wrapped up and bound with cords: they had cedars also in thy merchandise.

Catholic Public Domain Version
These were your merchants in many places, with windings of hyacinth and of colorful weavings, and with precious treasures, which were wrapped and bound with cords. Also, they had works of cedar among your merchandise.

New American Bible
Traded with you, marketing rich garments, purple cloth, embroidered fabric, varicolored carpets, and braided cords.

New Revised Standard Version
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 these they traded with you.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
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.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
These are your Merchants who bring you garments of blue and of embroidery and precious treasures bound with cords and in ships of cedar wood
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
These were thy traffickers in gorgeous fabrics, in wrappings of blue and richly woven work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords and cedar-lined, among thy merchandise.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
bringing for merchandise blue, and choice stores bound with cords, and cypress wood.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
A Lament for Tyre
23Haran, Canneh, and Eden traded with you, and so did the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad. 24In your marketplace they traded with you fine garments of blue, embroidered work, and multicolored rugs with cords tightly twisted and knotted. 25The ships of Tarshish carried your merchandise. And you were filled with heavy cargo in the heart of the sea.…

Cross References
Revelation 18:11-13
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.

Isaiah 23:8-9
Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose traders are princes, whose merchants are renowned on the earth? / The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.

Revelation 18:15-17
The merchants who sold these things and gained their wealth from her will stand at a distance, in fear of her torment. They will weep and mourn, / saying: “Woe, woe to the great city, clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls! / 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

Isaiah 23:1-7
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. ...

Revelation 18:3
All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.”

Isaiah 23:11
The LORD has stretched out His hand over the sea; He has made kingdoms tremble. He has given a command that the strongholds of Canaan be destroyed.

Revelation 18:19
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.”

Isaiah 23:14
Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for your harbor has been destroyed!

Revelation 18:22-23
And the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will never ring out in you again. Nor will any craftsmen of any trade be found in you again, nor the sound of a millstone be heard in you again. / The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.”

Isaiah 23:18
Yet her profits and wages will be set apart to the LORD; they will not be stored or saved, for her profit will go to those who live before the LORD, for abundant food and fine clothing.

Revelation 18:9-10
Then the kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her will weep and wail at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her. / In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”

Isaiah 47:15
This is what they are to you—those with whom you have labored and traded from youth—each one strays in his own direction; not one of them can save you.

Revelation 18:16
saying: “Woe, woe to the great city, clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls!

Jeremiah 10:9
Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz—the work of a craftsman from the hands of a goldsmith. Their clothes are blue and purple, all fashioned by skilled workers.

Revelation 18:12
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;


Treasury of Scripture

These were your 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 your merchandise.

all sorts of things.

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Apparel Beautiful Blue Bound Broidered Carpets Cedar Chests Choice Cloth Clothes Clothing Colored Colors Coloured Corded Cords Embroidered Fabric Fabrics Full Garments Gorgeous Knotted Marketplace Merchandise Merchants Needlework Rich Richly Robes Rolls Rugs Secure Sorts Stuff Stuffs Sumptuous Tightly Trade Traded Traders Traffickers Twisted Wares Work Wound Woven Wrappings
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Apparel Beautiful Blue Bound Broidered Carpets Cedar Chests Choice Cloth Clothes Clothing Colored Colors Coloured Corded Cords Embroidered Fabric Fabrics Full Garments Gorgeous Knotted Marketplace Merchandise Merchants Needlework Rich Richly Robes Rolls Rugs Secure Sorts Stuff Stuffs Sumptuous Tightly Trade Traded Traders Traffickers Twisted Wares Work Wound Woven Wrappings
Ezekiel 27
1. The riches and commerce of Tyrus
26. The great and irrecoverable fall thereof














In your marketplace
The marketplace in ancient times was not just a place of commerce but a hub of cultural exchange and social interaction. The Hebrew word for marketplace, "shuq," implies a bustling environment where goods and ideas were exchanged. In the context of Tyre, a prominent Phoenician city, the marketplace was a symbol of its economic power and influence. This setting underscores the city's wealth and the diversity of its trade connections.

they traded with you
The act of trading here is indicative of the extensive network Tyre had established. The Hebrew root "sachar" conveys the idea of commerce and negotiation. Tyre's strategic location along the Mediterranean made it a central trading hub, attracting merchants from various regions. This phrase highlights the city's role as a facilitator of international trade, reflecting its prosperity and the trust other nations placed in its market.

in choice garments
The term "choice garments" refers to high-quality clothing, often associated with wealth and status. The Hebrew word "mikhbar" suggests something selected or chosen for its excellence. In ancient cultures, clothing was not only functional but also a statement of identity and prestige. Tyre's access to such luxurious items indicates its affluence and the high standards of its trade goods.

in clothes of blue
Blue garments were particularly valued in ancient times due to the rarity and cost of the dye, often derived from the murex snail. The Hebrew word "tekeleth" is associated with this rich blue or purple dye, symbolizing royalty and divinity. Tyre was famous for its production of this dye, known as Tyrian purple, which was sought after by the elite across the ancient world.

and embroidered work
Embroidery in ancient textiles was a sign of craftsmanship and artistry. The Hebrew "riqmah" refers to intricate needlework, often involving patterns and designs that required skill and creativity. Such items were not only functional but also decorative, reflecting the cultural and artistic achievements of the society that produced them.

and in carpets of multicolored yarn
Carpets and textiles with multicolored yarn were luxury items, indicating wealth and sophistication. The Hebrew "karpas" suggests a fabric of fine quality, often used in decorative and ceremonial contexts. The use of multiple colors would have required advanced dyeing techniques and artistic design, showcasing the technological and artistic capabilities of Tyre's craftsmen.

bound with cords and tightly knotted
This phrase emphasizes the durability and quality of the textiles. The Hebrew "chabash" (bound) and "qashar" (knotted) suggest a meticulous process of construction, ensuring the strength and longevity of the fabric. Such attention to detail reflects the high standards of Tyre's goods and the city's reputation for excellence in craftsmanship.

(24) All sorts of things.--The margin, excellent things, is better. The word means "that which is perfect." In Ezekiel 23:12 it is "most gorgeously," and in Ezekiel 38:4, as here, "all sorts." In all "excellent" or "excellently" is the true sense. "Clothes"--literally, foldings--refers to the purple embroidered cloaks for which Babylonia was famous.

Chests of rich apparel.--Rather, treasures of twisted yarn; and for "made of cedar" read strong. An extensive trade in yarns was kept up from Babylonia to Tyre, where they were dyed and woven, or sold for weaving.

Verse 24. - In all sorts of things; better, with the Revised Version, in choice wares. Hebrew, articles of beauty; or, as in margin of the Authorized Version, "excellent things." The words have been variously interpreted,

(1) by Ewald, as "suits of armor;"

(2) by Keil, as "stately dresses;"

by Havernick, as "works of art" generally. The description in detail that follows is so vivid as to give the impression that Ezekiel had seen the merchants of Sheba unloading their camels and bringing out their treasures as they arrived at Tyro. The blue clothes (wrappings of blue, as in the Revised Version) were the purple robes of Babylon, which were famous all over the world. The words that follow are somewhat obscure, but are probably rightly translated by Keil, "embroidered of twisted yarn, in-wound, and strong cords for thy wares." The yarn may have been used for the cordage of the Tyrian ships. The words, made of cedar, are in this rendering taken as an adjective, equivalent to "firm" or "strong" (so Furst).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
In your marketplace
בְּמַרְכֻלְתֵּֽךְ׃ (bə·mar·ḵul·têḵ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 4819: Probably place of trade, marketplace

they
הֵ֤מָּה (hêm·māh)
Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1992: They

traded
רֹכְלַ֙יִךְ֙ (rō·ḵə·la·yiḵ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 7402: To travel for, trading

with you fine
בְּמַכְלֻלִ֔ים (ḇə·maḵ·lu·lîm)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4360: A thing made perfect, probably a gorgeous garment

garments
בִּגְלוֹמֵי֙ (biḡ·lō·w·mê)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1545: A wrapping, garment

of blue
תְּכֵ֣לֶת (tə·ḵê·leṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8504: The cerulean mussel, the color, obtained therefrom, stuff dyed therewith

and embroidered work,
וְרִקְמָ֔ה (wə·riq·māh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 7553: Variegation of color, embroidery

and multicolored
בְּרֹמִ֑ים (bə·rō·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1264: Variegated cloth

rugs,
וּבְגִנְזֵ֖י (ū·ḇə·ḡin·zê)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1595: Treasury, perhaps chests

bound
חֲבֻשִׁ֛ים (ḥă·ḇu·šîm)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural
Strong's 2280: To wrap firmly, to stop, to rule

and secured
וַאֲרֻזִ֖ים (wa·’ă·ru·zîm)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 729: Made of cedar

with cords.
בַּחֲבָלִ֧ים (ba·ḥă·ḇā·lîm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2256: A rope, a measuring line, a district, inheritance, a noose, a company, a throe, ruin


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