KJV King James Version
Thy borders [are] in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty.
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Ezekiel 27:4
Thy borders [are] in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders perfected your beauty.
WEB World English Bible
Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders have perfected your beauty.
ASV American Standard Version
Thy borders are in the heart of the seas; thy builders have perfected thy beauty.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
In the heart of the seas are thy borders, Thy builders have perfected thy beauty.
Surrounding context — Ezekiel 27
1 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
2 Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;
3 And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, [which art] a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I [am] of perfect beauty.
4 Thy borders [are] in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty.
5 They have made all thy [ship] boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.
6 [Of] the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches [of] ivory, [brought] out of the isles of Chittim.
7 Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.
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