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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 27:8 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
Eze 27:8	Strong Concordance	The inhabitants [03427] of Zidon [06721] and Arvad [0719] were thy mariners [07751]: thy wise [02450] men, O Tyrus [06865], that were in thee, were thy pilots [02259].
	King James	The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Arvad--a small island and city near PhÅ“nicia, now Ruad: its inhabitants are still noted for seafaring habits. thy wise men, O Tyrus . . . thy pilots--While the men of Arvad, once thy equals (Gen 10:18), and the Sidonians, once thy superiors, were employed by thee in subordinate positions as "mariners," thou madest thine own skilled men alone to be commanders and pilots. Implying the political and mercantile superiority of Tyre.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

Arvad--a small island and city near PhÅ“nicia, now Ruad: its inhabitants are still noted for seafaring habits.

thy wise men, O Tyrus . . . thy pilots--While the men of Arvad, once thy equals (Gen 10:18), and the Sidonians, once thy superiors, were employed by thee in subordinate positions as "mariners," thou madest thine own skilled men alone to be commanders and pilots. Implying the political and mercantile superiority of Tyre.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Arvad - See Gen 10:18. An island off the coast of Sidon, now called Ruad.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Arvad - See Gen 10:18. An island off the coast of Sidon, now called Ruad.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Zidon - An ancient town and haven of Phoenicia, not far from Tyre. Arvad - Or Aradus, an island belonging to Phoenicia, twenty furlongs from the continent. Mariners - Rowers in thy galleys; the rich Tyrians would not employ their own in such servile works, they hired strangers. Wise men - Thy learned men: for navigation was the great study of the Tyrians.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Zidon - An ancient town and haven of Phoenicia, not far from Tyre. Arvad - Or Aradus, an island belonging to Phoenicia, twenty furlongs from the continent. Mariners - Rowers in thy galleys; the rich Tyrians would not employ their own in such servile works, they hired strangers. Wise men - Thy learned men: for navigation was the great study of the Tyrians.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Zidon and Arvad - Or Arad. Two powerful cities on the Phoenician coast, in the neighborhood of Tyre, from which Tyre had her sailors; and the best instructed of her own inhabitants were her pilots or steersmen.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

Zidon and Arvad - Or Arad. Two powerful cities on the Phoenician coast, in the neighborhood of Tyre, from which Tyre had her sailors; and the best instructed of her own inhabitants were her pilots or steersmen.

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