Parallel Verses
World English Bible
On great waters, the seed of the Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue. She was the market of nations.
New American Standard Bible
And she was the
King James Version
And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations.
Holman Bible
Tyre’s revenue was the grain from Shihor—
the harvest of the Nile.
She was the merchant among the nations.
International Standard Version
and were on mighty waters. Her revenue was the grain of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile; and she became the marketplace of nations.
A Conservative Version
And on great waters the seed of the Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue, and she was the mart of nations.
American Standard Version
And on great waters the seed of the Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue; and she was the mart of nations.
Amplified
And they were on great waters.
The grain of the
And she was the market of nations.
Bible in Basic English
Who get in the seed of Shihor, whose wealth is the trade of the nations.
Darby Translation
And on great waters, the seed of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue; and she was the market of the nations.
Julia Smith Translation
On many waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river her produce; and she shall be the emporium of nations.
King James 2000
And by great waters the grain of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a marketplace of nations.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And on [the] great waters [is] the seed of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile [is] its produce, and she was [the] merchandise of [the] nations.
Modern King James verseion
And by great waters, the seed of Sihor and the harvest of the river Nile was her revenue; and she a mart of nations.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For by sea were there fruits brought unto thee, and all manner of corn by water. Thou wast the common market of all people.
NET Bible
the deep waters! Grain from the Shihor region, crops grown near the Nile she receives; she is the trade center of the nations.
New Heart English Bible
On great waters, the seed of the Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue. She was the market of nations.
The Emphasized Bible
Yea on mighty waters, was the grain of Shihor, The harvest of the Nile, was her increase, - And so she became a mart of nations.
Webster
And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations.
Youngs Literal Translation
And in many waters is the seed of Sihor, The harvest of the brook is her increase, And she is a mart of nations.
Themes
River Nile » The egyptians » Carried on extensive commerce by
Rivers » Useful for » Commerce
Sihor » A river of egypt, given by some authorities as the nile river
Tarshish » Also called tharshish » Commerce and wealth of
Topics
Interlinear
Mayim
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 23:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Oracle Against Tyre
2 Be still, you inhabitants of the coast, you whom the merchants of Sidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished. 3 On great waters, the seed of the Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue. She was the market of nations. 4 Be ashamed, Sidon; for the sea has spoken, the stronghold of the sea, saying, "I have not travailed, nor brought forth, neither have I nourished young men, nor brought up virgins."
Cross References
1 Chronicles 13:5
So David assembled all Israel together, from the Shihor [the brook] of Egypt even to the entrance of Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath Jearim.
Jeremiah 2:18
Now what have you to do in the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? Or what have you to do in the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?
Deuteronomy 11:10
For the land, where you go in to possess it, isn't as the land of Egypt, that you came out from, where you sowed your seed, and watered it with your foot, as a garden of herbs;
Isaiah 19:7
The meadows by the Nile, by the brink of the Nile, and all the sown fields of the Nile, will become dry, be driven away, and be no more.
Isaiah 23:8
Who has planned this against Tyre, the giver of crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honorable of the earth?
Isaiah 32:20
Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, who send out the feet of the ox and the donkey.
Ezekiel 27:3-23
and tell Tyre, you who dwell at the entry of the sea, who are the merchant of the peoples to many islands, thus says the Lord Yahweh: You, Tyre, have said, I am perfect in beauty.
Ezekiel 27:33
When your wares went forth out of the seas, you filled many peoples; you did enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of your riches and of your merchandise.
Ezekiel 28:4
by your wisdom and by your understanding you have gotten yourself riches, and have gotten gold and silver into your treasures;
Joel 3:5
Because you have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried my finest treasures into your temples,
Revelation 18:11-13
The merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their merchandise any more;