Ezekiel 27:36

What does Ezekiel 27:36 mean?

A plain-English look at Ezekiel 27:36 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

The merchants among the peoples hiss at thee; thou art become a terror, and thou shalt nevermore have any being.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt be any more.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

The merchants among the peoples hiss at thee; thou art become a terror, and thou shalt nevermore have any being.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Those who do business among the peoples make sounds of surprise at you; you have become a thing of fear, you have come to an end for ever.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Merchants among the peoples have shrieked for thee, Wastes thou hast been, and thou art not--to the age!'

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

The merchants of people have hissed at thee: thou art brought to nothing, and thou shalt never be any more.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

The merchants among the peoples hiss at thee; thou art become a terror, and thou shalt never be any more.

Context

v.35All 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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Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 37:10

    For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: Yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and he shall not be.

  • Jeremiah 50:13

    Because of the wrath of Jehovah she shall not be inhabited, but she shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.

  • Ezekiel 26:21

    I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt no more have any being; though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord Jehovah.

  • Psalms 37:36

    But one passed by, and, lo, he was not: Yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.

  • 1 Kings 9:8

    And though this house is so high, yet shall every one that passeth by it be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath Jehovah done thus unto this land, and to this house?

  • Lamentations 2:15

    All that pass by clap their hands at thee; They hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men called The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?

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