They have made all your planks of cypress trees from Senir; they have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
Parallel translations
- KJV They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.
- BSB They constructed all your planking with cypress from Senir. They took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
- NKJV They made all your planks of fir trees from Senir; They took a cedar from Lebanon to make you a mast.
- NASB “They have made all your planks of juniper trees from Senir; They have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
- NLT You were like a great ship built of the finest cypress from Senir. They took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
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Quick answer
Her planks are cypress from Senir and her mast a cedar from Lebanon. It details the choice materials that made Tyre magnificent.
Overview
The naming of premier timbers, cypress from Mount Senir (Hermon) and cedar from Lebanon, highlights Tyre's access to the best resources through trade. Each component of the ship-city represents her drawing on the riches of the nations. The lavish description sets up the tragic irony that all this excellence cannot save her from God's decree.
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Cross-references · 8
- Deut 3:9(The Sidonians call Hermon Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir.)
- Isa 14:8Yes, the cypress trees rejoice with you, with the cedars of Lebanon, saying, “Since you are humbled, no lumberjack has come up against us.”
- Song 4:8Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, with me from Lebanon. Look from the top of Amana, from the top of Senir and Hermon, from the lions’ dens, from the mountains of the leopards.
- Ps 104:16Yahweh’s trees are well watered, the cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted;
- Ps 29:5Yahweh’s voice breaks the cedars. Yes, Yahweh breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.
- 1 Kgs 5:1Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the place of his father, and Hiram had always loved David.
- Ps 92:12The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree. He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
- 1 Kgs 5:6Now therefore command that cedar trees be cut for me out of Lebanon. My servants will be with your servants; and I will give you wages for your servants according to all that you say. For you know that there is nobody among us who knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians.”
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