The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots.
The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners - Arvad, a small island and city near Phoenicia, now Ruad: its inhabitants are still noted for seafaring habits.
Thy wise men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots - while the men of Arvad, once thy equals (Genesis 10:18), and the Sidonians, once thy superiors, were employed by thee in subordinate positions as "mariners," thou madest thine own skilled men alone be commanders and pilots. Implying the political and mercantile superiority of Tyre.