Parallel Verses

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.

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 again unto me, saying, 2 “And you, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre; 3 And say unto Tyre, O thou that dwelleth at the ports of the sea, who art a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus hath the Lord GOD said; O Tyre, thou hast said, I am of perfect beauty.

Cross References

Jeremiah 9:10

Upon the mountains I will lift up weeping and wailing and lamentation upon the habitations of the wilderness because they are burned up, so that no one can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and even the beasts of the earth are fled; they are gone.

Jeremiah 9:17-20

Thus hath the LORD of the hosts said, Consider ye and call for the mourning women that they may come and send for cunning women that they may come,

Ezekiel 19:1

And take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,

Ezekiel 28:12

Son of man, raise up lamentations upon the king of Tyre and say unto him, Thus hath the Lord GOD said: Thou dost seal up the sum of perfection, full of wisdom, and completed in beauty.

Jeremiah 7:20

Therefore thus hath the Lord GOD said: Behold, my anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man and upon beast and upon the trees of the field and upon the fruit of the ground, and it shall burn and shall not be quenched.

Ezekiel 26:17

And they shall take up a lamentation for thee and say to thee, How didst thou perish, that wast inhabited in the seas? The renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, who caused their terror to be on all those that dwell therein.

Ezekiel 27:32

And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee and lament over thee, saying, Who is like Tyre, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea?

Ezekiel 32:2

Son of man, raise up lamentations upon Pharaoh king of Egypt and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as the whale in the seas, that dost dry up thy rivers, and trouble the waters with thy feet, and foul their streams.

Amos 5:1

Hear ye this word, because I raise up a lamentation upon you, O house of Israel.

Amos 5:16

Therefore the LORD, the God of the hosts, the Lord, said this: Wailing shall be in all streets, and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.

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