Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim.
Parallel translations
- WEB Of the oaks of Bashan have they made your oars; they have made your benches of ivory inlaid in boxwood, from the islands of Kittim.
- BSB Of oaks from Bashan they made your oars; of wood from the coasts of Cyprus they made your deck, inlaid with ivory.
- NKJV Of oaks from Bashan they made your oars; The company of Ashurites have inlaid your planks With ivory from the coasts of Cyprus.
- NASB “Of oaks from Bashan they have made your rudders; With ivory they have inlaid your deck of boxwood from the coastlands of Cyprus.
- NLT They carved your oars from the oaks of Bashan. Your deck of pine from the coasts of Cyprus was inlaid with ivory.
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Her oars are oaks of Bashan and her deck inlaid with ivory and boxwood from Kittim. It continues cataloging Tyre's far-sourced splendor.
Overview
The imagery gathers materials from across the region, Bashan's oaks and ivory-inlaid boxwood from the western isles, to depict Tyre's opulence. Such detail reflects the breadth of her commercial empire and the luxury of her construction. The accumulating grandeur magnifies the loss when this glorious ship is later seen sinking.
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- Gen 10:4And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
- Isa 2:13And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,
- Zech 11:2Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down.
- Jer 2:10For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.
- Num 21:33And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle at Edrei.
- Isa 23:12And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest.
- Num 24:24And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.
- Jer 22:20Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed.
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