Ezekiel 27:4
New International Version
Your domain was on the high seas; your builders brought your beauty to perfection.

New Living Translation
You extended your boundaries into the sea. Your builders made your beauty perfect.

English Standard Version
Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders made perfect your beauty.

Berean Standard Bible
Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders perfected your beauty.

King James Bible
Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty.

New King James Version
Your borders are in the midst of the seas. Your builders have perfected your beauty.

New American Standard Bible
“Your borders are in the heart of the seas; Your builders have perfected your beauty.

NASB 1995
“Your borders are in the heart of the seas; Your builders have perfected your beauty.

NASB 1977
“Your borders are in the heart of the seas; Your builders have perfected your beauty.

Legacy Standard Bible
Your borders are in the heart of the seas; Your builders have perfected your beauty.

Amplified Bible
“Your borders are in the heart of the seas; Your builders have perfected your beauty.

Christian Standard Bible
Your realm was in the heart of the sea; your builders perfected your beauty.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Your realm was in the heart of the sea; your builders perfected your beauty.

American Standard Version
Thy borders are in the heart of the seas; thy builders have perfected thy beauty.

Contemporary English Version
and your control of the sea. You are a ship built to perfection.

English Revised Version
Thy borders are in the heart of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Your home is the sea. " 'Your builders made your beauty perfect.

Good News Translation
Your home is the sea. Your builders made you like a beautiful ship;

International Standard Version
You've set your national boundary in international waters. Your builders made you downright beautiful!"'"

Majority Standard Bible
Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders perfected your beauty.

NET Bible
Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders have perfected your beauty.

New Heart English Bible
Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders have perfected your beauty.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty.

World English Bible
Your borders are in the heart of the seas. Your builders have perfected your beauty.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Your borders [are] in the heart of the seas, "" Your builders have perfected your beauty.

Young's Literal Translation
In the heart of the seas are thy borders, Thy builders have perfected thy beauty.

Smith's Literal Translation
In the heart of the see thy bound; they building thee completed thy beauty.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And situate in the heart of the sea. Thy neighbours, that built thee, have perfected thy beauty:

Catholic Public Domain Version
for I have been positioned at the heart of the sea!’ Your neighbors, who built you, have filled up your beauty.

New American Bible
In the heart of the sea was your territory; your builders perfected your beauty.

New Revised Standard Version
Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders made perfect your beauty.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Your borders are in the midst of the seas, your builders have perfected your beauty.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Your borders in the heart of the seas and your builders perfected your beauty
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Thy borders are in the heart of the seas, Thy builders have perfected thy beauty.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
In the heart of the sea thy sons have put beauty upon thee for Beelim.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
A Lament for Tyre
3Tell Tyre, who dwells at the gateway to the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coasts, that this is what the Lord GOD says: You have said, O Tyre, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’ 4Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders perfected your beauty. 5They constructed all your planking with cypress from Senir. They took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.…

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 23:1-18
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 18:17-19
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.”

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

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 13:19
And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.

Revelation 17:4
The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls. She held in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality.

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

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!

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 18:10
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.”

Jeremiah 25:22
all the kings of Tyre and Sidon; the kings of the coastlands across the sea;

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.

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.”


Treasury of Scripture

Your borders are in the middle of the seas, your builders have perfected your beauty.

midst [heb] heart

Ezekiel 26:5
It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD: and it shall become a spoil to the nations.

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Your borders are in the heart of the seas
Your borders
The term "borders" in this context refers to the boundaries or limits of the city of Tyre, which is the subject of Ezekiel's lamentation. In Hebrew, the word used is "gebul," which can denote a physical boundary or a metaphorical limit. Tyre was a prominent Phoenician city known for its maritime prowess and trade. The borders of Tyre were not just physical but also economic and cultural, extending far beyond its immediate geographical location due to its extensive trade networks.

are in the heart
The phrase "in the heart" suggests a central or innermost part. In Hebrew, the word "leb" is often used to denote the heart, which can symbolize the core or essence of something. Here, it implies that Tyre's influence and presence are deeply embedded in the maritime world. The heart is also a symbol of life and vitality, indicating that the sea was the lifeblood of Tyre, sustaining its economy and culture.

of the seas
The "seas" refer to the Mediterranean Sea, which was central to the life and prosperity of Tyre. The Hebrew word "yam" is used for sea, and it often represents chaos and mystery in biblical literature. However, for Tyre, the sea was a source of wealth and opportunity. Historically, Tyre was an island city, and its strategic location allowed it to become a hub of commerce and trade. The sea was both a protective barrier and a conduit for Tyre's extensive trade networks, connecting it to various cultures and economies across the ancient world.

Verse 4. - In the midst of the seas; literally, in the heart (Revised Version). The words were true of the island-city, but Ezekiel has already present to his thoughts the idealized picture of the city under the figure of its stateliest ship. The builders are ship-builders, and in the verses that follow we have a picture of the Bucentaur of the Venice of the ancient world.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Your borders
גְּבוּלָ֑יִךְ (gə·ḇū·lā·yiḵ)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 1366: A cord, a boundary, the territory inclosed

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

your builders
בֹּנַ֕יִךְ (bō·na·yiḵ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 1129: To build

perfected
כָּלְל֖וּ (kā·lə·lū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3634: To complete, perfect

your beauty.
יָפְיֵֽךְ׃ (yā·p̄ə·yêḵ)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 3308: Beauty


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