They made with box from the islands of Chittim.
Embroidered byssus from Egypt thou didst spread forth,
It served thee for a sail;
Thy coverings (canopies) were blue and purple,
From the isles of Elisha.
Sidonians and men of Arvad were thy rowers;
The most skilful, O Tyre, were from thyself;
They were thy pilots;
The oldest and most skilful men of Gebal were thy ship-wrights.
All the ships on the sea and their mariners