Ezekiel 27:2
What does Ezekiel 27:2 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 27:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And thou, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre;
KJV
King James Version · 1611Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And thou, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And you, son of man, make a song of grief for Tyre;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`And thou, son of man, lift up concerning Tyre a lamentation, and thou hast said to Tyre:
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Thou therefore, O son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And thou, son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre,
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 32:2
Son of man, take up a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou wast likened unto a young lion of the nations: yet art thou as a monster in the seas; and thou didst break forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.
- Ezekiel 28:12
Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
- Ezekiel 26:17
And they shall take up a lamentation over thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited by seafaring men, the renowned city, that was strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, that caused their terror to be on all that dwelt there!
- Jeremiah 9:10
For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the pastures of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none passeth through; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the birds of the heavens and the beasts are fled, they are gone.
- Jeremiah 7:20
Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, mine anger and my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.
- Amos 5:16
Therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, the Lord: Wailing shall be in all the broad ways; and they shall say in all the streets, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful in lamentation to wailing.
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