KJV King James Version
They have made all thy [ship] boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.
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Ezekiel 27:5
They have made all thy [ship] boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
They constructed all your planking with cypress from Senir. They took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
WEB World English Bible
They have made all your planks of fir trees from Senir; they have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
ASV American Standard Version
They have made all thy planks of fir-trees from Senir; they have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for thee.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Of firs of Senir they have built to thee all thy double-boarded ships, Of cedars of Lebanon they have taken to make a mast for thee,
Surrounding context — Ezekiel 27
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.
8 The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise [men], O Tyrus, [that] were in thee, were thy pilots.
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 3:9([Which] Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;)Isaiah 14:8Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, [and] the cedars of Lebanon, [saying], Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.Song of Solomon 4:8Come with me from Lebanon, [my] spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions’ dens, from the mountains of the leopards.Psalm 104:16The trees of the LORD are full [of sap]; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;Psalm 92:12The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.1 Kings 5:6Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt appoint: for thou knowest that [there is] not among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians.1 Kings 5:1And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David.Psalm 29:5The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.
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