Ezekiel 27:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The elders of Gebal were aboard as shipwrights, repairing your leaks. All the ships of the sea and their sailors came alongside to barter for your merchandise.”
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“The elders of Gebal were aboard as shipwrights, repairing your leaks. All the ships of the sea and their sailors came alongside to barter for your merchandise.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise.”
King James Version · Public Domain“The old men of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to deal in thy merchandise.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Elders of Gebal and its wise men have been in thee, Strengthening thy breach; All ships of the sea and their mariners, Have been in thee, to trade <FI>with<Fi> thy merchandise.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezekiel 27:9 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Joshua 13:5the land of the Gebalites; and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath.
- 1 Kings 5:18So Solomon’s and Hiram’s builders, along with the Gebalites, quarried the stone and prepared the timber and stone for the construction of the temple.
- Psalms 83:7of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, of Philistia with the people of Tyre.
- Psalms 83:8Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot. Selah
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