Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Send out a cry of grief, you men of the sea-land, traders of Zidon, who go over the sea, whose representatives are on great waters;
New American Standard Bible
You merchants of Sidon;
King James Version
Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.
Holman Bible
you merchants of Sidon;
your agents have crossed the sea
International Standard Version
"Be silent, you inhabitants of the coast, you merchants of Sidon, whose messengers crossed over the sea,
A Conservative Version
Be still, ye inhabitants of the coast, thou whom the merchants of Sidon, who pass over the sea, have replenished.
American Standard Version
Be still, ye inhabitants of the coast, thou whom the merchants of Sidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.
Amplified
Be silent, you inhabitants of the coastland,
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Darby Translation
Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle! The merchants of Sidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished thee.
Julia Smith Translation
Be ye silent, O inhabitants of the isle; the merchants of Zidon passing over the sea filled thee.
King James 2000
Be still, you inhabitants of the coast; you whom the merchants of Sidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Be still, inhabitants of [the] coast, merchant of Sidon, who travels over [the] sea, they filled you.
Modern King James verseion
Be still, inhabitants of the coast, merchant of Sidon, who pass over the sea. They have filled you.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Be still ye that dwell in the Isle; the merchants of Sidon and such as pass over the sea have made thee plenteous.
NET Bible
Lament, you residents of the coast, you merchants of Sidon who travel over the sea, whose agents sail over
New Heart English Bible
Be still, you inhabitants of the coast, you whom the merchants of Sidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.
The Emphasized Bible
Be dumb, ye inhabitants of the Coast, - Whom the merchants of Zidon, passing over the sea, once replenished;
Webster
Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.
World English Bible
Be still, you inhabitants of the coast, you whom the merchants of Sidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.
Youngs Literal Translation
Be silent, ye inhabitants of the isle, Trader of Zidon, passing the sea, they filled thee.
Themes
Quietness » Stillness essential to reception of instruction
sidon » A city » A city on the northern boundary of the canaanites » Commerce of
The Sidonians » Engaged in extensive commerce
Tarshish » Also called tharshish » Commerce and wealth of
Interlinear
Yashab
Cachar
References
Hastings
Morish
Smith
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 23:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Oracle Against Tyre
1 The word about Tyre. Let a cry of sorrow go up, O ships of Tarshish, because your strong place is made waste; on the way back from the land of Kittim the news is given to them. 2 Send out a cry of grief, you men of the sea-land, traders of Zidon, who go over the sea, whose representatives are on great waters; 3 Who get in the seed of Shihor, whose wealth is the trade of the nations.
Phrases
Cross References
Isaiah 47:5
Be seated in the dark without a word, O daughter of the Chaldaeans: for you will no longer be named, The Queen of Kingdoms.
Psalm 46:10
Be at peace in the knowledge that I am God: I will be lifted up among the nations, I will be honoured through all the earth.
Isaiah 41:1
Come quietly before me, O sea-lands, and let the peoples get together their strength: let them come near; then let them say what they have to say: let us put forward our cause against one another.
Ezekiel 27:3-4
And say to Tyre, O you who are seated at the doorway of the sea, trading for the peoples with the great sea-lands, these are the words of the Lord: You, O Tyre, have said, I am a ship completely beautiful.
Ezekiel 27:8-36
The people of Zidon and Arvad were your boatmen; the wise men of Zemer were in you; they were guiding your ships;
Ezekiel 28:2
Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, This is what the Lord has said: Because your heart has been lifted up, and you have said, I am a god, I am seated on the seat of God in the heart of the seas; but you are man and not God, though you have made your heart as the heart of God:
Habakkuk 2:20
But the Lord is in his holy Temple: let all the earth be quiet before him.