is come to nought Lit., is made desolate.

all the company in ships Read with R. V., and everyone that saileth any whither. The words will probably stand for the merchants travelling in ships with their own goods, which they intend to sell on arriving at their destination Lat. vectores.

sailors Cf. Ezekiel 27:29 sqq.

trade by sea Lit., work the sea. The sense is more general than the A. V.: it will include all three classes, shipmasters, sailing merchants, and sailors.

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