Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
and will destroy the city walls of Tyre. After they break down her fortified towers, I'll scrape away the city's debris, right down to the bare bedrock,
New American Standard Bible
They will
King James Version
And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.
Holman Bible
They will destroy the walls of Tyre and demolish her towers. I will scrape the soil from her and turn her into a bare rock.
A Conservative Version
And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down her towers. I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her a bare rock.
American Standard Version
And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her a bare rock.
Amplified
They will destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers; and I will scrape her dust and debris from her and make her as bare as [the top of] a rock.
Bible in Basic English
And they will give the walls of Tyre to destruction and have its towers broken: and I will take even her dust away from her, and make her an uncovered rock
Darby Translation
And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down her towers. And I will scrape her dust from her, and make her a bare rock.
Julia Smith Translation
And they destroyed the walls of Tyre, and pulled down her towers and I swept away her dust from her,i and I gave her for a dry rock
King James 2000
And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And I will destroy the walls of Tyre, and they will demolish its towers, and I will scrape away its earthen dirt from it, and I will make it into {a bare rock}.
Modern King James verseion
And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers. I will also scrape her dust from her and make her like a shining rock.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
These shall break the walls of Tyre, and cast down her towers. I will scrape the ground from her, and make her a bare stone.
NET Bible
They will destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers. I will scrape her soil from her and make her a bare rock.
New Heart English Bible
They shall destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her a bare rock.
The Emphasized Bible
And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre. And break down her towers, And I will scrape clean her dust from off her, - And make of her the glaring face of a cliff:
Webster
And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.
World English Bible
They shall destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her a bare rock.
Youngs Literal Translation
And they have destroyed the walls of Tyre, And they have broken down her towers, And I have scraped her dust from her, And made her for a clear place of a rock.
Themes
the Sea » Illustrative » (waves of,) of devastating armies
Interlinear
Shachath
Harac
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 26:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Ezekiel Prophesies Against Tyre
3 "Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: "Watch out! I'm coming to get you, Tyre! I'm about to bring many nations to attack you. They'll come in wave after wave, like the advancing tide, 4 and will destroy the city walls of Tyre. After they break down her fortified towers, I'll scrape away the city's debris, right down to the bare bedrock, 5 and it will become a place where nets will be spread out right in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. Because I have declared this to happen,' declares the Lord GOD, "Tyre will be treated as the spoils of war by the invading nations.
Cross References
Isaiah 23:11
He has stretched out his hand over the sea; he has made kingdoms tremble. The LORD has issued orders concerning Canaan to destroy its strongholds.
Amos 1:10
So I will send down fire upon the wall of Tyre, and it will devour their fortified citadels."
Ezekiel 26:9
""He'll direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and will breach your fortified towers with axes.
Leviticus 14:41-45
"Now as for the house, they are to scrape off inside and outside the house and then discard the torn out plaster in an unclean place outside the city.
Jeremiah 5:10
"Go through her rows of vines and destroy them, but don't completely destroy them. Strip away her branches, because they aren't the LORD's.
Ezekiel 24:7-8
Her blood was in it. She poured it out onto bare rock. She didn't pour it out on the ground, intending to cover it with dirt.
Ezekiel 26:12
They will plunder your riches and loot your businesses. They'll tear down your walls and demolish your luxurious homes. They'll grab the stones, wood, and rubble from the destruction and dump it all into the Mediterranean Sea.
Zechariah 9:3
"Tyre built itself a fortification, hoarding silver like dust and pure gold like mud in a street.