Ezekiel 27:28
What does Ezekiel 27:28 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 27:28 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000At the sound of the cry of thy pilots the suburbs shall shake.
KJV
King James Version · 1611The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901At the sound of the cry of thy pilots the suburbs shall shake.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949At the sound of the cry of your ships' guides, the boards of the ship will be shaking.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862At the voice of the cry of thy pilots shake do the suburbs.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Thy fleets shall be troubled at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890The open places shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.
Context
v.27Thy riches, and thy wares, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the dealers in thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that are in thee, with all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the heart of the seas in the day of thy ruin.
v.28This passage
v.29And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships; they shall stand upon the land,
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 26:10
By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover thee: thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wagons, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach.
- Ezekiel 26:15
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah to Tyre: shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded groan, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee?
- Nahum 2:3
The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots flash with steel in the day of his preparation, and the cypress spears are brandished.
- Ezekiel 31:16
I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to Sheol with them that descend into the pit; and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, were comforted in the nether parts of the earth.
- Exodus 15:14
The peoples have heard, they tremble: Pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia.
- Ezekiel 27:35
All the inhabitants of the isles are astonished at thee, and their kings are horribly afraid; they are troubled in their countenance.
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