The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots.
Parallel translations
- WEB The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers: your wise men, Tyre, were in you, they were your pilots.
- BSB The men of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen. Your men of skill, O Tyre, were there as your captains.
- NKJV “Inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen; Your wise men, O Tyre, were in you; They became your pilots.
- NASB “The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; Your wise men, Tyre, were aboard; they were your sailors.
- NLT Your oarsmen came from Sidon and Arvad; your helmsmen were skilled men from Tyre itself.
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Quick answer
Sidon and Arvad supplied her rowers, and Tyre's own wise men were her pilots. It shows the skilled crew that powered the great ship-city.
Overview
Neighboring Phoenician cities provided manpower while Tyre's own experts steered the enterprise. The image of a well-staffed ship reflects Tyre's organized dominance of the seas. Yet the most skilled pilots cannot navigate around the judgment of God, foreshadowing the helplessness of human wisdom before His will.
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- Gen 10:18And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.
- 1 Kgs 9:27And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
- Ezek 27:11The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect.
- Gen 49:13Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.
- 2 Chr 2:13–14And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father’s,
- Isa 10:9Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?
- Josh 11:8And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephothmaim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining.
- Ezek 27:28The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.
- Gen 10:15And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth,
- 1 Kgs 5:6Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt appoint: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians.
- Jer 49:23Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.
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