Ezekiel 27:7
Good News Translation
Your sails were made of linen, Embroidered linen from Egypt, Easily recognized from afar. Your awnings were made of finest cloth, Of purple from the island of Cyprus.

New Revised Standard Version
Of fine embroidered linen from Egypt was your sail, serving as your ensign; blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah was your awning.

Contemporary English Version
The builders used fancy linen from Egypt for your sails, so everyone could see you. Blue and purple cloth from Cyprus was used to shade your deck.

New American Bible
Fine embroidered linen from Egypt became your sail; Your awnings were made of purple and scarlet from the coasts of Elishah.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Fine broidered linen from Egypt was woven for thy sail, to be spread on thy mast: blue and purple from the islands of Elisa, were made thy covering.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Fine broidered linen from Egypt was woven for thy sail, to be spread on thy mast: blue and purple from the islands of Elisa, were made thy covering.

linen

1 Kings 10:28 And horses were brought for Solomon out of Egypt, and Coa: for the king's merchants bought them out of Coa, and brought them at a set price.

Proverbs 7:16 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

Isaiah 19:9 They shall be confounded that wrought in flax, combing and weaving fine linen.

blue and purple.

Exodus 25:4 Violet and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine linen, and goats' hair,

Jeremiah 10:9 Silver spread into plates is brought from Tharsis, and gold from Ophaz: the work of the artificer, and of the hand of the coppersmith: violet and purple is their clothing: all these things are the work of artificers.

Elishah.

Genesis 10:4 And the sons of Javan: Elisa and Tharsis, Cetthim and Dodanim.

1 Chronicles 1:7 And the sons of Javan: Elisa and Tharsis, Cethim and Dodanim.

Context
A Lament for Tyre
6They have cut thy oars out of the oaks of Basan: and they have made thee benches of Indian ivory and cabins with things brought from the islands of Italy. 7Fine broidered linen from Egypt was woven for thy sail, to be spread on thy mast: blue and purple from the islands of Elisa, were made thy covering.8The inhabitants of Sidon, and the Arabians were thy rowers: thy wise men, O Tyre, were thy pilots.…
Cross References
Genesis 10:4
And the sons of Javan: Elisa and Tharsis, Cetthim and Dodanim.

Exodus 25:4
Violet and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine linen, and goats' hair,

Proverbs 7:16
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

Isaiah 19:9
They shall be confounded that wrought in flax, combing and weaving fine linen.

Jeremiah 10:9
Silver spread into plates is brought from Tharsis, and gold from Ophaz: the work of the artificer, and of the hand of the coppersmith: violet and purple is their clothing: all these things are the work of artificers.

Ezekiel 16:10
And I clothed thee with embroidery, and shod thee with violet coloured shoes: and I girded thee about with fine linen, and clothed thee with fine garments.

Ezekiel 27:6
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