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ULT They will lift up a lament for you and say to you,
 ⇔ How you, who were inhabited by sailors, have been destroyed. The famous city that was so strong—it is now gone from the sea.
 ⇔ The ones living in her once spread a terror about themselves upon everyone who lived near them.

UST Then they will sing a sad song about the city, like this:
 ⇔ ‘The famous city, in which many men who sailed on the seas lived,
⇔ is now no more!
 ⇔ The people of that city had great power as they sailed, but now they are at the bottom of the sea;
⇔ they terrified all the people living near them.

BSB Then they will lament for you, saying,
 ⇔ “How you have perished, O city of renown
⇔ inhabited by seafaring men—
 ⇔ she who was powerful on the sea, along with her people,
⇔ who imposed terror on all peoples![fn]

26:17 Or on all her inhabitants

OEB No OEB EZE 26:17 verse available

WEB They will take up a lamentation over you, and tell you,
 ⇔ “How you are destroyed,
⇔ who were inhabited by seafaring men,
 ⇔ the renowned city,
⇔ who was strong in the sea,
 ⇔ she and her inhabitants,
⇔ who caused their terror to be on all who lived there!”

NET They will sing this lament over you:
 ⇔ “‘How you have perished – you have vanished from the seas,
 ⇔ O renowned city, once mighty in the sea,
 ⇔ she and her inhabitants, who spread their terror!

LSV And have lifted up a lamentation for you,
And said to you: How you have perished,
That are inhabited from the seas,
The praised city, that was strong in the sea,
She and her inhabitants,
Who put their terror on all her inhabitants!

FBV Then they will sing a funeral song for you, saying,
¶ ‘You've been destroyed so completely, famous city! You once ruled the sea—you and your people terrified everyone else!

T4T Then they will sing a sad song about the city, and they will sing this:
 ¶ “The famous city [APO], in which many menwho sailed on the seas lived,
⇔ is now destroyed!
 ¶ The people of that city had great power because they had many ships that sailed on the seas;
⇔ they caused all the people who lived near them to be terrified.

LEB • And they will raise a lament over you, and they will say to you,‘How you have been lost who was inhabited from[fn]the seas; • the city that was praised, that was strong. • It is located on the sea, • and its inhabitants imposed their terror[fn]

?:? Or “on”

?:? Literally “to all of its inhabitants”

BBE And they will send up a song of grief for you, and say to you, What destruction has come on you, how are you cut off from the sea, the noted town, which was strong in the sea, she and her people, causing the fear of them to come on all the dry land!

MOF No MOF EZE book available

JPS And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee: how art thou destroyed, that wast peopled from the seas, the renowned city, that wast strong in the sea, thou and thy inhabitants, that caused your terror to be on all that inhabit the earth!

ASV And they shall take up a lamentation over thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited by seafaring men, the renowned city, that was strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, that caused their terror to be on all that dwelt there!

DRA And taking up a lamentation over thee, they shall sag to thee: How art thou fallen, that dwellest in the sea, renowned city that wast strong in the sea, with thy inhabitants whom all did dread?

YLT And have lifted up for thee a lamentation, And said to thee: How hast thou perished, That art inhabited from the seas, The praised city, that was strong in the sea, She and her inhabitants, Who put their terror on all her inhabitants!

DBY And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How hast thou perished, that wast inhabited from the seas, O renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, — she and her inhabitants, who caused their terror to be on all them that dwell therein!

RV And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which caused their terror to be on all that haunt it!

WBS And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited by sea-faring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, who cause their terror to be on all that haunt it!

KJB And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror to be on all that haunt it![fn]
(And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou/you destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror to be on all that haunt it!)

26.17 of…: Heb. of the seas

BB They shall mourne for thee, and say vnto thee: How art thou destroyed that wast inhabited of the seas, the renowmed citie, whiche was strong in the sea, she and her inhabitauntes, whiche caused their feare to be on all that haunted therin?
(They shall mourn for thee, and say unto thee: How art thou/you destroyed that wast inhabited of the seas, the renowmed city, which was strong in the sea, she and her inhabitauntes, which caused their fear to be on all that haunted therin?)

GNV And they shall take vp a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, Howe art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of the sea men, the renoumed citie which was strong in the sea, both she and her inhabitants, which cause their feare to be on all that haunt therein!
(And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou/you destroyed, that wast inhabited of the sea men, the renoumed city which was strong in the sea, both she and her inhabitants, which cause their fear to be on all that haunt therein! )

CB They shal mourne for the, and saye vnto the: O thou noble cite, yt hast bene so greatly occupyed off olde, thou that hast bene the strongest vpon the see wt thine inhabitours off whom all men stode in feare: How art thou now so vtterly destroyed?
(They shall mourn for them, and say unto the: O thou/you noble city, it hast been so greatly occupyed off old, thou/you that hast been the strongest upon the sea with thine/your inhabitours off whom all men stood in feare: How art thou/you now so vtterly destroyed?)

WYC And thei shulen take weilyng on thee, and schule seie to thee, Hou perischidist thou, noble citee, that dwellist in the see, that were strong in the see with thi dwelleris, whiche dwelleris alle men dredden?
(And they shulen take weilyng on thee, and schule say to thee, How perischidist thou, noble city, that dwellist in the see, that were strong in the sea with thy/your dwelleris, which dwelleris all men dreaded?)

LUT Sie werden dich wehklagen und von dir sagen: Ach, wie bist du so gar wüste worden, du berühmte Stadt, die du am Meer lagest und so mächtig warest auf dem Meer samt deinen Einwohnern, daß sich das ganze Land vor dir fürchten mußte!
(They/She become you/yourself wehklagen and from you say: Ach, like bist you so even wüste worden, you berühmte Stadt, the you in/at/on_the sea lagest and so mächtig warest on to_him sea samt deinen Einwohnern, that itself/yourself/themselves the ganze Land before/in_front_of you fürchten mußte!)

CLV et assumentes super te lamentum, dicent tibi: Quomodo peristi, quæ habitas in mari, urbs inclyta, quæ fuisti fortis in mari cum habitatoribus tuis, quos formidabant universi?
(and assumentes super you(sg) lamentum, dicent tibi: Quomodo peristi, which habitas in mari, urbs inclyta, which fuisti fortis in mari when/with habitatoribus tuis, which formidabant universi? )

BRN And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and shall say to thee, How art thou destroyed from out of the sea, the renowned city, that brought her terror upon all her inhabitants.

BrLXX καὶ λήψονται ἐπὶ σὲ θρῆνον, καὶ ἐροῦσί σοι, πῶς κατελύθης ἐκ θαλάσσης ἡ πόλις ἡ ἐπαινετὴ, ἡ δοῦσα τὸν φόβον αὐτῆς πᾶσι τοῖς κατοικοῦσιν αὐτήν;
(kai laʸpsontai epi se thraʸnon, kai erousi soi, pōs kateluthaʸs ek thalassaʸs haʸ polis haʸ epainetaʸ, haʸ dousa ton fobon autaʸs pasi tois katoikousin autaʸn? )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

General Information:

In these verses, “They” refers to the “princes of the sea” in the previous verse, and “you” refers to Tyre.

Connecting Statement:

Yahweh continues giving Ezekiel his message to Tyre.

(Occurrence 0) lift up

(Some words not found in UHB: and,raise over,you lamentation and,say to/for=you(fs) how perished inhabited from,seas the=city the,renowned which/who she/it_was mighty in/on/at/with,sea she/it and,inhabitants,her which/who imposed terror,their to/from=all/each/any/every inhabitants,her )

Alternate translation: “sing”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

(Occurrence 0) How you, who were inhabited by sailors, have been destroyed

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “How your enemies have destroyed you—you who were inhabited by sailors”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

(Occurrence 0) spread a terror about themselves upon everyone who lived near them

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea behind the word terror, you can express the same idea with an adjective such as “terrified.” Alternate translation: “caused all the people around them to be terrified”

Parallel EZE 26:17

General Information:

Connecting Statement: