Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

"Son of Man, compose a mourning song 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;

Holman Bible

“Now, son of man, lament 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

American

Easton

Smith

Context Readings

A Lament For Doomed Tyre

1 This message came to me from the LORD: 2 "Son of Man, compose a mourning song for Tyre. 3 Tell Tyre, who lives at the gateway to the Mediterranean Sea, who serves as the international merchant to many coastal districts: "This is what the Lord GOD says: "Tyre, you've been claiming, "I am beauty perfected.'


Cross References

Jeremiah 9:10

I'll weep and mourn for the mountains, and lament for the desert pastures, because they are desolate and no one passes through them. They don't hear the lowing of the cattle. Both the birds of the sky and the animals have fled. They're gone!

Jeremiah 9:17-20

This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "Think about what I'm saying! Indeed, call out the professional mourners! Send for the best of them to come.

Ezekiel 19:1

"Now as for you, publish this mourning psalm about Israel's leaders.

Ezekiel 28:12

"Son of Man, start singing this lamentation for the king of Tyre. Tell him, "This is what the Lord GOD says: "You served as my model, my example of complete wisdom and perfect beauty.

Jeremiah 7:20

Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: "I'm about to pour out my anger and my wrath on this place, on people and animals, on the trees of the field, and on the fruit of the ground. It will burn, and it won't be put out."

Ezekiel 26:17

They'll sing this mourning song for you: "How lost you are, you inhabited city, that was built in the middle of the sea! How famous you were! How strong on the sea! She and her inhabitants inflicted terror to everyone who lived within her."

Ezekiel 27:32

In the depth of their despair they'll compose a lament for you. This is what they'll say: "Who is like Tyre? Who is so silent in the midst of the sea?'

Ezekiel 32:2

"Son of Man, start singing this lamentation about Pharaoh, king of Egypt. Tell him, "You may have called yourself a lion among nations, but you're a monster at sea. You thrash about in your rivers, muddy the water with your feet, and relieve yourself in the rivers.'

Amos 5:1

"Hear this accusation that I am bringing against you: "A dirge, house of Israel:

Amos 5:16

Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of the Heavenly Armies, the Lord, says: "There will be dirges in all of the streets; and in all of the highways they will cry out in anguish. They will call the farmer to mourning and those who lament to grieve.

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