Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
And you, son of man, take up a mourning for Tyre.
New American Standard Bible
“And you, son of man,
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 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
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 27:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Lament For Doomed Tyre
1 The Word of Jehovah came to me, saying, 2 And you, son of man, take up a mourning for Tyre. 3 And say to Tyre, O you who are placed at the entrance of the sea, a merchant of the peoples for many coastlands, so says the Lord Jehovah: O Tyre, you have said, I am of perfect beauty.
Cross References
Jeremiah 9:10
I will take up a weeping and a wailing for the mountains, and a mourning for the pastures of the wilderness; because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; nor can men hear the voice of the cattle. Both the birds of the heavens and the beast have fled; they are gone.
Jeremiah 9:17-20
So says Jehovah of Hosts, Think carefully, and call for the wailers, that they may come. And send for the wise women, that they may come;
Ezekiel 19:1
And take up a weeping for the rulers of Israel,
Ezekiel 28:12
Son of man, lift up a lament over the king of Tyre, and say to him, So says the Lord Jehovah: You seal the measure, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
Jeremiah 7:20
Therefore so says the Jehovah God; Behold, My anger and My fury shall be poured out on this place, on man, and on animal, and on the trees of the field, and on the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be put out.
Ezekiel 26:17
And they shall take up a mourning for you, and say to you, How you who lived by the sea are destroyed, the famous city which was strong in the sea, she and her people who caused their terror to be on all who lived in it!
Ezekiel 27:32
And in their wailing they shall lift up a lamentation and lament over you, saying, Who is like Tyre; as she who is quiet in the midst of the sea?
Ezekiel 32:2
Son of man, take up a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him, You were like a young lion of the nations, but you were like a sea-monster. And you came out with your rivers, and troubled the waters with your feet, and fouled their rivers.
Amos 5:1
Hear this Word which I take up against you, a dirge, O house of Israel.
Amos 5:16
So Jehovah, the God of Hosts, the Master, says this: Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! Alas! And they shall call the tiller to mourning, and those who are skillful in mourning to wailing.