Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And Tyre will build for herself a fortress, and she will heap up silver as the dust, and gold as the mud of the streets.
New American Standard Bible
And
And
King James Version
And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
Holman Bible
she has heaped up silver like dust
and gold like the dirt of the streets.
International Standard Version
"Tyre built itself a fortification, hoarding silver like dust and pure gold like mud in a street.
A Conservative Version
And Tyre built herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
American Standard Version
And Tyre did build herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
Amplified
For Tyre built herself an [impregnable] stronghold [on an island offshore],
And she has heaped up silver like dust
And gold like the mire of the streets.
Bible in Basic English
And Tyre made for herself a strong place, and got together silver like dust and the best gold like the earth of the streets.
Darby Translation
And Tyre hath built herself a stronghold, and hath heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
King James 2000
And Tyre did build herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Tyre has built a fortification for itself, and it heaped up silver like dust, and gold like [the] mud of [the] streets.
Modern King James verseion
And Tyre shall build herself a stronghold, and shall heap up silver like the dust, and gold like the mud of the streets;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Tyre shall make herself strong, and heap up silver as the sand, and gold as the clay of the streets.
NET Bible
Tyre built herself a fortification and piled up silver like dust and gold like the mud of the streets!
New Heart English Bible
Tyre built herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver like the dust, and fine gold like the mire of the streets.
The Emphasized Bible
Therefore did Tyre build a stronghold for herself, - and did heap up silver like dust, yea gold, like the mire of the lanes.
Webster
And Tyre built herself a strong hold, and amassed silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
World English Bible
Tyre built herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver like the dust, and fine gold like the mire of the streets.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Tyre doth build a bulwark to herself, And doth heap silver as dust, And gold as mire of out-places.
Themes
greed » Avaricious men, examples of » The people of tyre
Philistines » Prophecies respecting » Dismay at ruin of tyre
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Zechariah 9:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Judgment Of Zion's Enemies
2 And also Hamath shall be the bound in it; Tyre and Zidon, for it was wise exceedingly. 3 And Tyre will build for herself a fortress, and she will heap up silver as the dust, and gold as the mud of the streets. 4 Behold, Jehovah will dispossess her, and he struck her strength in the sea; and she shall be devoured by fire.
Phrases
Cross References
Joshua 19:29
And the bound turned back to Ramah and even to the city of the fortress of Tyre; and the bound turned back to Hosah: and its outgoings were the sea from the region of Achzib
Job 27:16
If he shall heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as clay;
Ezekiel 28:4-5
With thy wisdom and with thy understanding thou madest to thee wealth, and thou wilt make gold and silver in thy treasures.
2 Samuel 24:7
And they will come to the fortress of Tyre, and all the cities of the Hivites and of the Canaanites; and they will go forth to the south of Judah to the Well of the Oath.
1 Kings 10:27
And the king will give silver in Jerusalem, as stones, and cedars he gave as sycamores which are in the plain for multitude.
Ezekiel 27:33
In the going forth of thy markets from the seas thou didst satisfy many peoples; with the multitude of thy riches and thy traffics thou didst enrich the kings of the earth.
Job 22:24
Place thou gold upon the dust, and the precious ore of the torrents of Ophir.
Isaiah 23:8
Who will counsel this against Tyre, encircled with a crown, whom her merchants, chiefs; her merchants the honored of the earth.