But there the Majestic One, our LORD, will be for us a place of rivers and wide canals, where no galley with oars will row, and no majestic vessel will pass.
- Isaiah 33:21
Of oaks from Bashan they made your oars; of wood from the coasts of Cyprus they made your deck, inlaid with ivory.
- Ezekiel 27:6
All who handle the oars will abandon their ships. The sailors and all the captains of the sea will stand on the shore.
- Ezekiel 27:29
The lake of my mind, unbroken by oars, heaves placidly and soon sinks into an oily somnolence.' That will be useful.