So Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the men of Gebal did the hewing and prepared the timber and the stone to build the house.
Ezekiel 27:9 - Revised Standard Version The elders of Gebal and her skilled men were in you, caulking your seams; all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you, to barter for your wares. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The old men of Gebal [a city north of Sidon] and its skilled and wise men in you were your calkers; all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you to deal in your merchandise and trading. American Standard Version (1901) The old men of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to deal in thy merchandise. Common English Bible The elders and wise men of Gebal were in you, patching up your leaks. Every seagoing ship and its sailors came to do business with you. Catholic Public Domain Version The elders of Gebal and its experts were considered as sailors making use of your diverse equipment. All the ships of the sea and their sailors were your merchants among the people. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof furnished mariners for the service of thy various furniture: all the ships of the sea and their mariners were thy factors. |
So Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the men of Gebal did the hewing and prepared the timber and the stone to build the house.
There go the ships, and Leviathan which thou didst form to sport in it.
Assyria also has joined them; they are the strong arm of the children of Lot. Selah
and the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to the entrance of Hamath,
And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn for her, since no one buys their cargo any more,
For all nations have drunk the wine of her impure passion, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown rich with the wealth of her wantonness.”