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Ezekiel 27:3

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27:3Say to Tyre, who sits at the entrance2 of the sea,3 merchant to the peoples on many coasts, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“ ‘O Tyre, you have said, “I am perfectly beautiful.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Heb “entrances.” The plural noun may reflect the fact that Tyre had two main harbors.
  2. 3 Rome, another economic power, is described in a similar way in Rev 17:1.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

and say to Tyre, who dwells at the entrances to the sea, merchant of the peoples to many coastlands, thus says the Lord God:

“O Tyre, you have said,

‘I am perfect in beauty.’

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Say to Tyre, situated at the gateway to the sea, merchant of peoples on many coasts, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“ ‘You say, Tyre,

“I am perfect in beauty.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Say to Tyre, who is situated 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.”

NLTNew Living Translation

that mighty gateway to the sea, the trading center of the world. Give Tyre this message from the Sovereign Lord:

“You boasted, O Tyre,

‘My beauty is perfect!’

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And you must say to Tyre, the one who sits at the entrance of the sea as the merchant of the peoples to the many coastlands, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh:

Tyre, you yourself said

“I am perfect in beauty!”

KJV 1900King James Version

And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord God; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I am of perfect beauty.