Ezekiel 27:8

The leaders ¹  of Sidon ²  and Arvad ³  were your rowers; your skilled ⁴  men, O Tyre, were your captains.

Men of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen; your skilled men, O Tyre, were aboard as your seamen.

"The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; Your wise men, O Tyre, were aboard; they were your pilots.

"Your oarsmen came from Sidon and Arvad; your helmsmen were skilled men from Tyre itself.

Men of Sidon and Arvad pulled the oars. Your seasoned seamen, O Tyre, were the crew.

The people of Zidon and Arvad were your boatmen; the wise men of Zemer were in you; they were guiding your ships;

The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; skilled men of Zemer were within you, they were your pilots.

"Inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen; Your wise men, O Tyre, were in you; They became your pilots.

The leaders ¹  of Sidon ²  and Arvad ³  were your rowers; your skilled ⁴  men, O Tyre, were your captains.

¹ tc The MT reads “the residents of”; the LXX reads “your rulers who dwell in.” With no apparent reason for the LXX to add “the rulers” many suppose something has dropped out of the Hebrew text. While more than one may be possible, Allen’s proposal, positing a word meaning “elders,” is the most likely to explain the omission in the MT from a graphic standpoint and also provides a parallel to the beginning of v. 9. See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:81.a parallel to v. 9.

² map For location see Map1 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

³ sn Sidon and Arvad, like Tyre, were Phoenician coastal cities.

⁴ tn Or “wise.”