Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

“Now, son of man, lament for Tyre.

New American Standard Bible

“And you, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre;

King James Version

Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;

International Standard Version

"Son of Man, compose a mourning song for Tyre.

A Conservative Version

And thou, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre,

American Standard Version

And thou, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre;

Amplified

“Now you, son of man, take up a dirge (funeral poem to be sung) for Tyre,

Bible in Basic English

And you, son of man, make a song of grief for Tyre;

Darby Translation

And thou, son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre,

Julia Smith Translation

Thou son of man, lift up a lamentation for Tyre;

King James 2000

Now, you son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre;

Lexham Expanded Bible

"And you, son of man, raise a lament against Tyre.

Modern King James verseion

And you, son of man, take up a mourning for Tyre.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"O thou son of man, make a lamentable complaint upon Tyre,

NET Bible

"You, son of man, sing a lament for Tyre.

New Heart English Bible

"You, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre;

The Emphasized Bible

Thou, therefore, son of man, Take up over Tyre a dirge;

Webster

Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre;

World English Bible

You, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre;

Youngs Literal Translation

'And thou, son of man, lift up concerning Tyre a lamentation, and thou hast said to Tyre:

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
of man
אדם 
'adam 
Usage: 541

take up
נסה נשׂא 
Nasa' 
Usage: 653

קינה 
Qiynah 
Usage: 18

References

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Easton

Smith

Context Readings

A Lament For Doomed Tyre

1 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Now, son of man, lament for Tyre. 3 Say to Tyre, who is located at the entrance of the sea, merchant of the peoples to many coasts and islands: This is what the Lord God says:

Tyre, you declared,
‘I am perfect in beauty.’


Cross References

Jeremiah 9:10

I will raise weeping and a lament
over the mountains,
a dirge over the wilderness grazing land,
for they have been so scorched
that no one passes through.
The sound of cattle is no longer heard.
From the birds of the sky to the animals,
everything has fled—they have gone away.

Jeremiah 9:17-20

This is what the Lord of Hosts says:

Consider, and summon the women who mourn;
send for the skillful women.

Ezekiel 19:1

“Now, lament for the princes of Israel

Ezekiel 28:12

“Son of man, lament for the king of Tyre and say to him: This is what the Lord God says:

You were the seal of perfection,
full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

Jeremiah 7:20

Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: “Look, My anger—My burning wrath—is about to be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the tree of the field, and on the produce of the land. My wrath will burn and not be quenched.”

Ezekiel 26:17

Then they will lament for you and say of you:

How you have perished, city of renown,
you who were populated from the seas!
She who was powerful on the sea,
she and all of her inhabitants
inflicted their terror.

Ezekiel 27:32

In their wailing they lament for you,
mourning over you:
Who was like Tyre,
silenced in the middle of the sea?

Ezekiel 32:2

“Son of man, lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him:

You compare yourself to a lion of the nations,
but you are like a monster in the seas.
You thrash about in your rivers,
churn up the waters with your feet,
and muddy the rivers.”

Amos 5:1

Listen to this message that I am singing for you, a lament, house of Israel:

Amos 5:16

Therefore Yahweh, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says:

There will be wailing in all the public squares;
they will cry out in anguish in all the streets.
The farmer will be called on to mourn,
and professional mourners to wail.

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