Ezekiel 27:7New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “Your sail was of fine embroidered linen from Egypt So that it became your distinguishing mark; Your awning was blue and purple from the coastlands of Elishah.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— 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.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Of fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was thy sail, that it might be to thee for an ensign; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was thine awning.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Of fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was thy sail, that it might be to thee for an ensign; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was thine awning.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— 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.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Byssus with broidered work from Egypt was thy sail, to serve thee for a banner; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was thine awning.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Of fine linen with embroidered work from Egypt, was thy sail, To serve thee for ensign,—Blue and purple from the shores of Aeolis, became thine awning:
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Of fine linen with embroidery from Egypt hath been thy sail, To be to thee for an ensign, Of blue and purple from isles of Elishah hath been thy covering.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Fine broidered linen from Egypt was woven for thy sail, to be spread on thy mast: blue and purple from the islands of Elisa, were made thy covering.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Fine linen with broydered woorke, brought from Egypt, was spread ouer thee to be thy sayle, blue silke and purple, brought from the yles of Elishah, was thy couering.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Fine linnen with broidred worke from Egypt, was that which thou spreddest forth to be thy saile, blew and purple from the Iles of Elishah was that which couered thee.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Fine linen with embroidered work brought from Egypt was made for your sails; blue and purple they brought you from the islands of Alis for your covering.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Fine linen with embroidery from Mizraim{gr.Egypt} supplied the couch, to put honour upon thee, and to clothe thee with blue and purple from the isles of Elisai; and they became thy coverings.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Fine linen with broidered work from Mitzrayim was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee. |
Fine linen
8336 {8336} Primeשֵׁשׁshesh{shaysh}
(The second form for alliteration with H4897); for H7893; bleached stuff, that is, white linen or (by analogy) marble.
with broidered work
7553 {7553} Primeרִקְמָהriqmah{rik-maw'}
From H7551; variegation of color; specifically embroidery.
from
Mixrayim
מִצרַיִם
4714 {4714} PrimeמִצְרַיִםMitsrayim{mits-rah'-yim}
Dual of H4693; Mitsrajim, that is, Upper and Lower Egypt.
x4480 (4480) Complementמִןmin{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
was
x1961 (1961) Complementהָיָהhayah{haw-yaw'}
A primitive root (compare H1933); to exist, that is, be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary).
that which thou spreadest forth
4666
to be
x1961 (1961) Complementהָיָהhayah{haw-yaw'}
A primitive root (compare H1933); to exist, that is, be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary).
thy sail;
5251 {5251} Primeנֵסnec{nace}
From H5264; a flag; also a sail; by implication a flagstaff; generally a signal; figuratively a token.
blue
8504 {8504} Primeתְּכֵלֶתt@keleth{tek-ay'-leth}
Probably for H7827; the cerulean mussel, that is, the color ( violet) obtained therefrom or stuff dyed therewith.
and purple
713 {0713} Primeאַרְגָּמָן'argaman{ar-gaw-mawn'}
Of foreign origin; purple (the color or the dyed stuff).
from the isles
339 {0339} Primeאִי'iy{ee}
From H0183; properly a habitable spot (as desirable); dry land, a coast, an island.
x4480 (4480) Complementמִןmin{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
of
´Élîšà
אֱלִישָׁה
473 {0473} Primeאֱלִישָׁה'Eliyshah{el-ee-shaw'}
Probably of foreign derivation; Elishah, a son of Javan.
was
x1961 (1961) Complementהָיָהhayah{haw-yaw'}
A primitive root (compare H1933); to exist, that is, be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary).
that which covered
4374 {4374} Primeמְכַסֶּהm@kacceh{mek-as-seh'}
From H3680; a covering, that is, garment; specifically a coverlet (for a bed), an awning (from the sun); also the omentum (as covering the intestines).
thee. |
Ezekiel 27:7
_ _ broidered ... sail — The ancients embroidered their sails often at great expense, especially the Egyptians, whose linen, still preserved in mummies, is of the finest texture.
_ _ Elishah — Greece; so called from Elis, a large and ancient division of Peloponnesus. Pausanias says that the best of linen was produced in it, and in no other part of Greece; called by Homer, Alisium.
_ _ that which covered thee — thy awning. |
Ezekiel 27:7
The isles of Elishah — Probably the sea — coast of Aeolis in the lesser Asia, the inhabitants whereof were excellent in the skill of dying wool. Which covered — He speaks of the coverings they used in their ships or galleys: their tilts, as our boat — men call them. |
- linen:
1 Kings 10:28 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
Proverbs 7:16 I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved [works], with fine linen of Egypt.
Isaiah 19:9 Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, shall be confounded.
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- blue and purple:
- or, purple and scarlet,
Exodus 25:4 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' [hair],
Jeremiah 10:9 Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple [is] their clothing: they [are] all the work of cunning [men].
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- Elishah:
- Elis, part of the Peloponnesus, extending along the western coast of Arcadia, north of Messenia, and south of Achaia.
Genesis 10:4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
1 Chronicles 1:7 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
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