King James Version
Ezekiel 27:29 in the King James Version says “And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall s...” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 27 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land;”
Ezekiel 27:29 · KJV
Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers , and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that are in thee, and in all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin. and in: or, even with all midst of the seas: Heb. heart, etc
The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots. suburbs: or, waves
And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land;
And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:
And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“shall come down”
H3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“And all that handle”
H8610to manipulate, i.e., seize; chiefly to capture, wield, specifically, to overlay; figuratively, to use unwarrantably
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“of the sea”
H3220a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the mediterranean sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif
“they shall stand”
H5975to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
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