Parallel Verses
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.
New American Standard Bible
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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.
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.
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.
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
Banah
Matsowr
Charuwts
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Zechariah 9:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Judgment Of Zion's Enemies
2 and also Hamath, [which] borders on it; Tyre and Sidon--yes, they are very wise! 3 Tyre has built a fortification for itself, and it heaped up silver like dust, and gold like [the] mud of [the] streets. 4 Look! The Lord will drive it out and will hurl its outer ramparts into the sea, and it will be consumed by fire.
Phrases
Cross References
Joshua 19:29
then the border turns [to] Ramah, and up to the fortified city of Tyre, [where] the border turns [to] Hosah; {it ends} at the sea, from Hebel to Aczib.
Job 27:16
If he heaps up silver like the dust and fashions clothing like the clay,
Ezekiel 28:4-5
By your wisdom and by your understanding you have gained for yourself wealth, and you have amassed gold and silver in your treasuries.
2 Samuel 24:7
and came to the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and the Canaanites. Then they went out to the Negev of Judah at Beersheba.
1 Kings 10:27
The king made the silver in Jerusalem as the stones, and the cedars he made as the sycamore fig trees which are in the Shephelah in abundance.
Ezekiel 27:33
When your merchandise went out from [the] seas, you satisfied many peoples with the abundance of your wealth, and [by] your wares you made rich [the] kings of [the] world.
Job 22:24
and [if you] put gold ore in [the] dust, and [the] gold of Ophir in [the] rock of wadis,
Isaiah 23:8
Who has planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants [were] princes, her traders [the] honored ones of [the] earth?