Ezekiel 27:27
New International Version
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.

New Living Translation
Everything is lost— your riches and wares, your sailors and pilots, your ship builders, merchants, and warriors. On the day of your ruin, everyone on board sinks into the depths of the sea.

English Standard Version
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.

Berean Standard Bible
Your 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.

King James Bible
Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that are in thee, and in all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin.

New King James Version
“Your riches, wares, and merchandise, Your mariners and pilots, Your caulkers and merchandisers, All your men of war who are in you, And the entire company which is in your midst, Will fall into the midst of the seas on the day of your ruin.

New American Standard Bible
“Your wealth, your wares, your merchandise, Your seamen and your sailors, Your repairers of leaks, your dealers in merchandise, And all your men of war who are in you, With all your contingent that is in your midst, Will fall into the heart of the seas On the day of your overthrow.

NASB 1995
“Your wealth, your wares, your merchandise, Your sailors and your pilots, Your repairers of seams, your dealers in merchandise And all your men of war who are in you, With all your company that is in your midst, Will fall into the heart of the seas On the day of your overthrow.

NASB 1977
“Your wealth, your wares, your merchandise, Your sailors, and your pilots, Your repairers of seams, your dealers in merchandise, And all your men of war who are in you, With all your company that is in your midst, Will fall into the heart of the seas On the day of your overthrow.

Legacy Standard Bible
Your wealth, your wares, your merchandise, Your sailors and your pilots, Your repairers of seams, your dealers in merchandise, And all your men of war who are in you, With all your assembly that is in your midst, Will fall into the heart of the seas On the day of your downfall.

Amplified Bible
“Your riches, your wares, your merchandise Your oarsmen and your pilots, Your caulkers, your dealers in merchandise, And all your men of war who are with you, With all your company that is in your midst, Will sink in the heart of the seas On the day of your ruin.

Christian Standard Bible
Your wealth, merchandise, and goods, your sailors and captains, those who repair your leaks, those who barter for your goods, and all the warriors on board, with all the other people within you, sink into the heart of the sea on the day of your downfall.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Your wealth, merchandise, and goods, your sailors and captains, those who repair your leaks, those who barter for your goods, and all the warriors within you, with all the other people on board, sink into the heart of the sea on the day of your downfall.

American Standard Version
Thy riches, and thy wares, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the dealers in thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that are in thee, with all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the heart of the seas in the day of thy ruin.

Contemporary English Version
Everything on board was lost--your valuable cargo, your sailors and carpenters, merchants and soldiers.

English Revised Version
Thy riches, and thy wares, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that are in thee, with all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the heart of the seas in the day of thy ruin.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Your wealth, your merchandise, and the goods you sell, your mariners and your sailors, your caulkers and your merchants, your soldiers and everyone else on board sank into the sea when your ship was wrecked.

Good News Translation
All your wealth of merchandise, All the sailors in your crew, Your ship's carpenters and your merchants, Every soldier on board the ship--All, all were lost at sea When your ship was wrecked.

International Standard Version
Your wealth, your products, your merchandise your sailors, your pilots, your tailors, your salesmen, all your mercenaries with you— your entire company with you— will fall into the midst of the sea on the day when you're overthrown!

Majority Standard Bible
Your 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.

NET Bible
Your wealth, products, and merchandise, your sailors and captains, your ship's carpenters, your merchants, and all your fighting men within you, along with all your crew who are in you, will fall into the heart of the seas on the day of your downfall.

New Heart English Bible
Your riches, and your wares, your merchandise, your mariners, and your pilots, your repairers of ship seams, and the dealers in your merchandise, and all your men of war, who are in you, with all your company which is in the midst of you, shall fall into the heart of the seas in the day of your ruin.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy military men, that are in thee, and in all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin.

World English Bible
Your riches, your wares, your merchandise, your mariners, your pilots, your repairers of ship seams, the dealers in your merchandise, and all your men of war who are in you, with all your company which is among you, will fall into the heart of the seas in the day of your ruin.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Your wealth and your wares, "" Your merchandise, your mariners, "" And your pilots, strengtheners of your breach, "" And the traders of your merchandise, "" And all your men of war, who [are] in you, "" And in all your assembly that [is] in your midst, "" Fall into the heart of the seas in the day of your fall,

Young's Literal Translation
Thy wealth and thy remnants, Thy merchandise, thy mariners, And thy pilots, strengtheners of thy breach, And the traders of thy merchandise, And all thy men of war, who are in thee, And in all thine assembly that is in thy midst, Fall into the heart of the seas in the day of thy fall,

Smith's Literal Translation
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.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thy riches, and thy treasures, and thy manifold furniture, thy mariners, and thy pilots, who kept thy goods, and were chief over thy people: thy men of war also, that were in thee, with all thy multitude that is in the midst of thee: shall fall in the heart of the sea in the day of thy ruin.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Your riches, and your treasures, and your versatile equipment, your sailors and your navigators, who handle your goods and who were first among your people, likewise your men of war, who were among you, and your entire multitude that is in your midst: they will fall in the heart of the sea on the day of your ruin.

New American Bible
Your wealth, your goods, your wares, your sailors, your crew, The caulkers of your seams, those who traded for your goods, All the warriors with you, the whole crowd with you Sank into the heart of the sea on the day of your downfall.

New Revised Standard Version
Your riches, your wares, your merchandise, your mariners and your pilots, your caulkers, your dealers in merchandise, and all your warriors within you, with all the company that is with you, sink into the heart of the seas on the day of your ruin.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
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.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And your wealth and your merchandise that is from your west, all your warrior men and your sailors and the repairers, your repairers who are from your west, all your warrior men and all the multitude who are within you shall fall in the heart of the seas in the day of your ruin
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Thy riches, and thy wares, thy merchandise, Thy mariners, and thy pilots, Thy calkers, and the exchangers of thy merchandise, And all thy men of war, that are in thee, With all thy company which is in the midst of thee, Shall fall into the heart of the seas In the day of thy ruin.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Thy forces, and thy gain, and that of thy traders, and thy rowers, and thy pilots, and thy counselors, and they that traffic with thee, and all thy warriors that are in thee: and all thy company in the midst of thee shall perish in the heart of the sea, in the day of thy fall.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
A Lament for Tyre
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. 28The countryside will shake when your sailors cry out.…

Cross References
Revelation 18:11-19
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 23:1-14
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. ...

Jeremiah 51:6-9
Flee from Babylon! Escape with your lives! Do not be destroyed in her punishment. For this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; He will pay her what she deserves. / Babylon was a gold cup in the hand of the LORD, making the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore the nations have gone mad. / Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been shattered. Wail for her; get her balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed. ...

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.”

Nahum 3:16-17
You have multiplied your merchants more than the stars of the sky. The young locust strips the land and flies away. / Your guards are like the swarming locust, and your scribes like clouds of locusts that settle on the walls on a cold day. When the sun rises, they fly away, and no one knows where.

Zechariah 9:3-4
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.

Revelation 18:17
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 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.

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.

Revelation 18:15-16
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!

Isaiah 13:19-22
And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah. / She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there. / But desert creatures will lie down there, and howling creatures will fill her houses. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will leap about. ...

Jeremiah 50:31-32
“Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts, “for your day has come, the time when I will punish you. / The arrogant one will stumble and fall with no one to pick him up. And I will kindle a fire in his cities to consume all those around him.”

Revelation 18:21
Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again.

Isaiah 14:11
Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol, along with the music of your harps. Maggots are your bed and worms your blanket.

Jeremiah 51:13
You who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come; the thread of your life is cut.


Treasury of Scripture

Your riches, and your fairs, your merchandise, your mariners, and your pilots, your caulkers, and the occupiers of your merchandise, and all your men of war, that are in you, and in all your company which is in the middle of you, shall fall into the middle of the seas in the day of your ruin.

Ezekiel 27:7-9,12,18,19,22,24,34
Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee…

Ezekiel 26:12
And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.

Proverbs 11:4
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

and in all.

Ezekiel 26:14,21
And I will make thee like the top of a rock: thou shalt be a place to spread nets upon; thou shalt be built no more: for I the LORD have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD…

midst [heb] heart

Ezekiel 27:26
Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.

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














Your wealth, merchandise, and goods
This phrase highlights the material prosperity of Tyre, a prominent ancient Phoenician city known for its trade and commerce. The Hebrew word for "wealth" (חֵיל, cheil) often denotes strength or power, suggesting that Tyre's economic might was a source of its pride and security. Historically, Tyre was a hub of international trade, dealing in luxury items and essential goods. This wealth, however, becomes a symbol of the city's vulnerability, as it is ultimately transient and subject to divine judgment.

Your sailors and captains
The sailors and captains represent the skilled workforce that powered Tyre's maritime dominance. The Hebrew term for "sailors" (מַלָּחִים, mallachim) and "captains" (חֹבֵל, chovel) underscores the expertise and leadership required to navigate the seas. In a broader scriptural context, these roles can be seen as metaphors for human reliance on skill and knowledge, which, while valuable, are insufficient without God's favor and protection.

Your shipwrights, merchants, and all your soldiers
This phrase encompasses the various contributors to Tyre's success. "Shipwrights" (חָרָשׁ, charash) were craftsmen essential for building and maintaining the ships that facilitated trade. "Merchants" (רֹכֵל, rokel) were the traders who expanded Tyre's influence across the Mediterranean. "Soldiers" (אִישׁ מִלְחָמָה, ish milchamah) provided defense and security. Each group played a critical role in the city's prosperity, yet their collective efforts could not prevent the impending judgment, illustrating the futility of human endeavors apart from God.

As well as everyone else on board
This phrase indicates the totality of those involved in Tyre's operations, from the highest-ranking officials to the lowest crew members. It serves as a reminder that no one is exempt from the consequences of collective sin and pride. The inclusivity of this statement reflects the comprehensive nature of divine judgment, which reaches all levels of society.

Will sink into the heart of the sea
The imagery of sinking into the sea is a powerful metaphor for complete destruction and loss. The "heart of the sea" (לֵב יָם, lev yam) suggests a deep, inescapable abyss, emphasizing the finality of Tyre's downfall. In biblical literature, the sea often symbolizes chaos and judgment, reinforcing the idea that human pride and reliance on material wealth ultimately lead to ruin.

On the day of your downfall
This phrase marks a specific moment of divine intervention and judgment. The "day" (יוֹם, yom) signifies a predetermined time when God's justice is executed. The certainty of this event serves as a warning to all who trust in their own strength and resources rather than in God. It is a call to humility and repentance, recognizing that true security and prosperity come from aligning with God's will.

(27) And in all.--Better, as in the margin, with all. The thought is that all that went to make up the strength and the glory of Tyre perished in one great catastrophe. Many classes are enumerated, and the statement is made general by adding "with all thy company." All are represented as going down together with the ship. (Comp. Ezekiel 27:34.)



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Your wealth,
הוֹנֵךְ֙ (hō·w·nêḵ)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 1952: Wealth, sufficiency

wares,
וְעִזְבוֹנַ֔יִךְ (wə·‘iz·ḇō·w·na·yiḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 5801: Trade, the place, the payment

and goods,
מַעֲרָבֵ֕ךְ (ma·‘ă·rā·ḇêḵ)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 4627: Articles of exchange, merchandise

your sailors,
מַלָּחַ֖יִךְ (mal·lā·ḥa·yiḵ)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 4419: A mariner

captains,
וְחֹבְלָ֑יִךְ (wə·ḥō·ḇə·lā·yiḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 2259: A sailor

and shipwrights,
מַחֲזִיקֵ֣י (ma·ḥă·zî·qê)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's 2388: To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer

your merchants
וְֽעֹרְבֵ֣י (wə·‘ō·rə·ḇê)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's 6148: To braid, intermix, technically, to traffic, give to be security

and all
וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the warriors
אַנְשֵׁ֨י (’an·šê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

within you,
מִלְחַמְתֵּ֜ךְ (mil·ḥam·têḵ)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 4421: A battle, war

with all
וּבְכָל־ (ū·ḇə·ḵāl)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the other people on board,
קְהָלֵךְ֙ (qə·hā·lêḵ)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 6951: Assembly, convocation, congregation

will sink
יִפְּלוּ֙ (yip·pə·lū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5307: To fall, lie

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

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

on the day
בְּי֖וֹם (bə·yō·wm)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3117: A day

of your downfall.
מַפַּלְתֵּֽךְ׃ (map·pal·têḵ)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 4658: Fall, decadence, a ruin, a carcase


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