KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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“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;”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And all” | כֹּ֚ל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | all |
| “that handle” | תֹּפְשֵׂ֣י | To manipulate, i.e., seize; chiefly to capture, wield, specifically, to overlay; figuratively, to use unwarrantably | handle |
| “the oar,” | מָשׁ֔וֹט | An oar | oar |
| “the mariners,” | מַלָּחִ֕ים | A sailor (as following 'the salt') | mariners |
| “and” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “all” | כֹּ֖ל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | all |
| “the pilots” | חֹבְלֵ֣י | A sailor | pilots |
| “of the sea,” | הַיָּ֑ם | A sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south | sea |
| “shall come down” | וְֽיָרְד֞וּ | To descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications) | come down |
| “from their ships,” | מֵאָנִיּֽוֹתֵיהֶ֗ם | A ship | ships |
| “they shall stand” | יַעֲמֹֽדוּ׃ | To stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive) | stand |
| “upon” | אֶל | Near, with or among; often in general, to | upon |
| “the land;” | הָאָ֖רֶץ | The earth (at large, or partitively a land) | land |
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27 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.
28 The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.
29 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;
30 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:
31 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.
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