Ezekiel 27:26
New International Version
Your oarsmen take you out to the high seas. But the east wind will break you to pieces far out at sea.

New Living Translation
“But look! Your oarsmen have taken you into stormy seas! A mighty eastern gale has wrecked you in the heart of the sea!

English Standard Version
“Your rowers have brought you out into the high seas. The east wind has wrecked you in the heart of the seas.

Berean Standard Bible
Your oarsmen have brought you onto the high seas, but the east wind will shatter you in the heart of the sea.

King James Bible
Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.

New King James Version
Your oarsmen brought you into many waters, But the east wind broke you in the midst of the seas.

New American Standard Bible
“Your rowers have brought you Into great waters; The east wind has broken you In the heart of the seas.

NASB 1995
“Your rowers have brought you Into great waters; The east wind has broken you In the heart of the seas.

NASB 1977
“Your rowers have brought you Into great waters; The east wind has broken you In the heart of the seas.

Legacy Standard Bible
“Your rowers have brought you Into great waters; The east wind has broken you In the heart of the seas.

Amplified Bible
“Your rowers have brought you Into great and deep waters; The east wind has broken and shipwrecked you In the heart of the seas.

Christian Standard Bible
Your rowers have brought you onto the high seas, but the east wind has wrecked you in the heart of the sea.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Your rowers have brought you onto the high seas, but the east wind has shattered you in the heart of the sea.

American Standard Version
Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the heart of the seas.

Contemporary English Version
and sailing across the sea, but you were wrecked by strong eastern winds.

English Revised Version
Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the heart of the seas.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Your rowers took you out to the high seas, and an east wind wrecked you in the sea.

Good News Translation
When your oarsmen brought you out to sea, An east wind wrecked you far from land.

International Standard Version
But your rowers have brought you into dangerous waters. The east wind has broken you in the heart of the ocean!

Majority Standard Bible
Your oarsmen have brought you onto the high seas, but the east wind will shatter you in the heart of the sea.

NET Bible
Your rowers have brought you into surging waters. The east wind has wrecked you in the heart of the seas.

New Heart English Bible
"'"Your rowers have brought you into great waters: the east wind has broken you in the heart of the seas.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.

World English Bible
Your rowers have brought you into great waters. The east wind has broken you in the heart of the seas.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Those rowing you have brought you into great waters, "" The east wind has broken you in the heart of the seas.

Young's Literal Translation
Into great waters have they brought thee, Those rowing thee, The east wind hath broken thee in the heart of the seas.

Smith's Literal Translation
Thy rower brought thee into many waters: the wind of the east broke thee in the heart of the seas.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the south wind hath broken thee in the heart of the sea.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Your rowers have brought you into many waters. The south wind has worn you down in the heart of the sea.

New American Bible
Out into deep waters your oarsmen brought you; The east wind shattered you in the heart of the sea.

New Revised Standard Version
Your rowers have brought you into the high seas. The east wind has wrecked you in the heart of the seas.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Your rowers have brought you into great waters; the east wind has broken you in the midst of the seas.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And rowers for your oars brought you into the heart of the seas and into many waters; the hot wind has broken you in the heart of the seas
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Thy rowers have brought thee Into great waters; The east wind hath broken thee In the heart of the seas.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the south wind has broken thee in the heart of the sea.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
A Lament for Tyre
25The ships of Tarshish carried your merchandise. And you were filled with heavy cargo in the heart of the sea. 26Your oarsmen have brought you onto the high seas, but the east wind will shatter you in the heart of the sea. 27Your wealth, wares, and merchandise, your sailors, captains, and shipwrights, your merchants and all the warriors within you, with all the other people on board, will sink into the heart of the sea on the day of your downfall.…

Cross References
Revelation 18:17-19
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.”

Psalm 107:23-27
Others went out to sea in ships, conducting trade on the mighty waters. / They saw the works of the LORD, and His wonders in the deep. / For He spoke and raised a tempest that lifted the waves of the sea. ...

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

Jonah 1:4-5
Then the LORD hurled a great wind upon the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship was in danger of breaking apart. / The sailors were afraid, and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the ship’s cargo into the sea to lighten the load. But Jonah had gone down to the lowest part of the vessel, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep.

Acts 27:14-20
But it was not long before a cyclone called the Northeaster swept down across the island. / Unable to head into the wind, the ship was caught up. So we gave way and let ourselves be driven along. / Passing to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we barely managed to secure the lifeboat. ...

Nahum 3:8-10
Are you better than Thebes, stationed by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water? / Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength; Put and Libya were her allies. / Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her dignitaries, and all her nobles were bound in chains.

Jeremiah 51:34
“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies and vomited me out.

Matthew 8:24-27
Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was engulfed by the waves. But Jesus was sleeping. / The disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!” / “You of little faith,” Jesus replied, “why are you so afraid?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was perfectly calm. ...

Isaiah 2:16
against every ship of Tarshish, and against every stately vessel.

Revelation 8:9
a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

Jeremiah 25:34-36
Wail, you shepherds, and cry out; roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. For the days of your slaughter have come; you will fall and be shattered like fine pottery. / Flight will evade the shepherds, and escape will elude the leaders of the flock. / Hear the cry of the shepherds, the wailing of the leaders of the flock, for the LORD is destroying their pasture.

Luke 21:25
There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the surging of the waves.

Isaiah 43:16-17
Thus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea and a path through the surging waters, / who brings out the chariots and horses, the armies and warriors together, to lie down, never to rise again; to be extinguished, snuffed out like a wick:

Psalm 48:7
With a wind from the east You wrecked the ships of Tarshish.

1 Kings 22:48
Jehoshaphat built ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail, because they were wrecked at Ezion-geber.


Treasury of Scripture

Your rowers have brought you into great waters: the east wind has broken you in the middle of the seas.

rowers

Ezekiel 26:19
For thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee;

Psalm 93:3,4
The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves…

Revelation 17:15
And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

the east

Ezekiel 27:34
In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall.

Psalm 48:7
Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.

Acts 27:14,41
But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon…

midst [heb] heart

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Ezekiel 27
1. The riches and commerce of Tyrus
26. The great and irrecoverable fall thereof














Your rowers
The phrase "Your rowers" refers to the skilled mariners and sailors who navigated the ships of Tyre. In the ancient world, particularly in the context of the Phoenician city of Tyre, rowers were essential for maneuvering large trading vessels. The Hebrew word used here, "חֹבְלַיִךְ" (ḥōḇlayik), emphasizes the human effort and expertise required to propel the ship. This can be seen as a metaphor for the leaders and influencers of Tyre, who guided the city to its peak of economic and cultural influence.

have brought you
indicates the action and responsibility of the rowers in leading Tyre to its current state. The Hebrew verb "הֵבִיאוּךְ" (hēḇi'ūḵ) suggests a deliberate and purposeful movement. This reflects the intentional decisions made by Tyre's leaders to expand their influence and reach. It serves as a reminder of the consequences of human choices and the direction they can lead a community or nation.

onto the high seas
The phrase "הַיָּמִּים הָרַבִּים" (hayyammîm harabbîm) literally translates to "the many waters" or "the great waters," symbolizing the vast and often unpredictable nature of the sea. In the context of Tyre, this represents the city's ventures into international trade and commerce, which brought both prosperity and risk. The high seas are a metaphor for the challenges and opportunities that come with ambition and expansion. Spiritually, it can be seen as a call to trust in God's guidance when navigating the uncertainties of life.

(26) Thy rowers.--As the chief means of propelling vessels when the art of sailing was imperfectly understood. The figure of the ship is here resumed. "The east wind" is powerful, gusty, and dangerous in the Levant. (Comp. Psalm 48:7 : "Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.")

Verse 26. - Thy rowers have brought thee. The metaphor goes on its course. The state-ship is in the open sea, and the east wind, the Euroclydon of the Mediterranean (Acts 27:14), blows and threatens it with destruction (comp. Psalm 48:7). In that destruction all who contributed to her prosperity were involved. The picture reminds us of the description of the ship of Tarshish in Jonah 1:4, 5. The city shall be left, in that terrible day, in the heart of the seas (Revised Version).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Your oarsmen
הַשָּׁטִ֖ים (haš·šā·ṭîm)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 7751: To push forth, to lash, to row, to travel

have brought you
הֱבִיא֔וּךְ (hĕ·ḇî·’ūḵ)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural | second person feminine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

onto the high
רַבִּים֙ (rab·bîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 7227: Much, many, great

seas,
בְּמַ֤יִם (bə·ma·yim)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

but the east
הַקָּדִ֔ים (haq·qā·ḏîm)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6921: The fore, front part, the East

wind
ר֚וּחַ (rū·aḥ)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit

will shatter you
שְׁבָרֵ֖ךְ (šə·ḇā·rêḵ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | second person feminine singular
Strong's 7665: To break, break in pieces

in the heart
בְּלֵ֥ב (bə·lêḇ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

of the sea.
יַמִּֽים׃ (yam·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin


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