King James Version

Ezekiel 27:4

Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty.

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בְּלֵ֥בbelevin comfortablyלֵבpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in comfortably”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything[phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom]…יַמִּ֖יםyamimseaיָםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “sea”, the ordinary formH3220a 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 southsea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).גְּבוּלָ֑יִךְgevulayikhborderגְּבוּלnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “border”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1366properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosedborder, bound, coast, [idiom] great, landmark, limit, quarter, space.בֹּנַ֕יִךְbonayikhbuildבָּנָהverb, qal, participle, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “build”, a verb used as a describing wordH1129to build (literally and figuratively)(begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), [idiom] surely.כָּלְל֖וּkalelvperfectכָּלַלverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “perfect”, a completed actionH3634to complete(make) perfect.יָפְיֵֽךְyafeyekhebeautyיֳפִיnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “beauty”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3308beautybeauty.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Thy borders are in the heart of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Thy borders are in the heart of the seas; thy builders have perfected thy beauty.

Young’s Literal Translation

In the heart of the seas [are] thy borders, Thy builders have perfected thy beauty.

World English Bible

Your borders are in the heart of the seas. Your builders have perfected your beauty.

Darby Translation

Thy borders are in the heart of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty.

Douay-Rheims

And situate in the heart of the sea. Thy neighbours, that built thee, have perfected thy beauty:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Thy borders are in the heart of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

In the heart of the sea thy sons have put beauty upon thee for Beelim.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Σὺ εἶπας, ἐγὼ περιέθηκα ἐμαυτῇ κάλλος μου, ἐν καρδίᾳ θαλάσσης τῷ Βεελεὶμ υἱοί σου περιέθηκάν σοι κάλλος.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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