Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Howl, ye ships of Tarshish, For your strength hath been destroyed.
New American Standard Bible
For your stronghold is destroyed.
King James Version
Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.
Holman Bible
because your fortress is destroyed!
International Standard Version
Wail, you ships of Tarshish, because your stronghold is destroyed!"
A Conservative Version
Howl, ye ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is laid waste.
American Standard Version
Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for your stronghold is laid waste.
Amplified
Wail, O ships of Tarshish,
For your stronghold [of Tyre] is destroyed.
Bible in Basic English
Let a cry of sorrow go up, O ships of Tarshish: because your strong place is made waste
Darby Translation
Howl, ships of Tarshish! for your fortress is laid waste.
Julia Smith Translation
Wail, ye ships of Tarshish: your strength was laid waste.
King James 2000
Wail, you ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Wail, ships of Tarshish! For your fortress is destroyed
Modern King James verseion
Howl, ships of Tarshish! For your strength is laid waste.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Mourn, ye ships of Tarshish, for your power shall be thrown down.
NET Bible
Wail, you large ships, for your fortress is destroyed!
New Heart English Bible
Howl, you ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is laid waste.
The Emphasized Bible
Howl, ye ships of Tarshish, - For laid waste is your fortress.
Webster
Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.
World English Bible
Howl, you ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is laid waste!
Themes
Tarshish » Also called tharshish » Commerce and wealth of
Tarshish » Also called tharshish » Prophecies concerning
Tyre » Prophecies respecting » To be destroyed by the king of babylon
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 23:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Oracle Against Tyre
13 Lo, the land of the Chaldeans -- this people was not, Asshur founded it for the Ziim, They raised its watch-towers, They lifted up her palaces, -- He hath appointed her for a ruin! 14 Howl, ye ships of Tarshish, For your strength hath been destroyed. 15 And it hath come to pass, in that day, That forgotten is Tyre seventy years, According to the days of one king. At the end of seventy years there is to Tyre as the song of the harlot.
Phrases
Cross References
Isaiah 23:1
The Burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish, For it hath been destroyed, Without house, without entrance, From the land of Chittim it was revealed to them.
Isaiah 2:16
And for all ships of Tarshish, And for all desirable pictures.
Isaiah 23:6
Pass over to Tarshish, howl, ye inhabitants of the isle,
Ezekiel 27:25-30
Ships of Tarshish are thy double walls of thy merchandise, And thou art filled and honoured greatly, In the heart of the seas.
Revelation 18:11-19
'And the merchants of the earth shall weep and sorrow over her, because their lading no one doth buy any more;