Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Be silent, you people of the island and you merchants of Sidon, whom the seafarers have enriched. New Living Translation Mourn in silence, you people of the coast and you merchants of Sidon. Your traders crossed the sea, English Standard Version Be still, O inhabitants of the coast; the merchants of Sidon, who cross the sea, have filled you. Berean Standard Bible Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon, whose traders have crossed the sea. King James Bible Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished. New King James Version Be still, you inhabitants of the coastland, You merchants of Sidon, Whom those who cross the sea have filled. New American Standard Bible Be silent, you inhabitants of the coastland, You merchants of Sidon; Your messengers crossed the sea NASB 1995 Be silent, you inhabitants of the coastland, You merchants of Sidon; Your messengers crossed the sea NASB 1977 Be silent, you inhabitants of the coastland, You merchants of Sidon; Your messengers crossed the sea Legacy Standard Bible Be silent, you inhabitants of the coastland, You merchants of Sidon; Your messengers crossed the sea Amplified Bible Be silent, you inhabitants of the coastland, You merchants of Sidon; Your messengers crossed the sea Christian Standard Bible Mourn, inhabitants of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon; your agents have crossed the sea Holman Christian Standard Bible Mourn, inhabitants of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon; your agents have crossed the sea American Standard Version Be still, ye inhabitants of the coast, thou whom the merchants of Sidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Be still, inhabitants of the Merchant island of Tsidon, which is beyond in the Sea Brenton Septuagint Translation To whom are the dwellers in the island become like, the merchants of Phoenice, passing over the sea Contemporary English Version Mourn in silence, you shop owners of Sidon, you people on the coast. Your sailors crossed oceans, making your city rich. Douay-Rheims Bible Be silent, you that dwell in the island: the merchants of Sidon passing over the sea, have filled thee. English Revised Version Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished. GOD'S WORD® Translation Be silent, you inhabitants of the coastland, you merchants from Sidon. Your messengers have crossed the sea. Good News Translation Wail, you merchants of Sidon! You sent agents International Standard Version "Be silent, you inhabitants of the coast, you merchants of Sidon, whose messengers crossed over the sea, JPS Tanakh 1917 Be still, ye inhabitants of the coast-land; Thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished. Literal Standard Version Be silent, you inhabitants of the island, | Trader of Sidon, passing the sea, they filled you. Majority Standard Bible Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon, whose traders have crossed the sea. New American Bible Silence! you who dwell on the coast, you merchants of Sidon, Whose messengers crossed the sea NET Bible Lament, you residents of the coast, you merchants of Sidon who travel over the sea, whose agents sail over New Revised Standard Version Be still, O inhabitants of the coast, O merchants of Sidon, your messengers crossed over the sea New Heart English Bible Be still, you inhabitants of the coast, you whom the merchants of Sidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished. Webster's Bible Translation 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. Young's Literal Translation Be silent, ye inhabitants of the isle, Trader of Zidon, passing the sea, they filled thee. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Fall of Tyre1This is the burden against Tyre: Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor. Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus. 2Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon, whose traders have crossed the sea. 3On the great waters came the grain of Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre; she was the merchant of the nations.… Cross References Isaiah 47:5 "Sit in silence and go into darkness, O Daughter of Chaldea. For you will no longer be called the queen of kingdoms. Ezekiel 28:21 "Son of man, set your face against Sidon and prophesy against her. Treasury of Scripture Be still, you inhabitants of the isle; you whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished. still. Isaiah 41:1 Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment. Isaiah 47:5 Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms. Psalm 46:10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. the isle Ezekiel 27:3,4 And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I am of perfect beauty… Ezekiel 28:2 Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God: the merchants Ezekiel 27:8 The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots. Jump to Previous Coast Coastland Coast-Land Crossed Cry Enriched Great Grief Inhabitants Island Isle Merchants Messengers Passed Passing Replenished Representatives Sea Sea-Land Sidon Silent Trader Traders Waters ZidonJump to Next Coast Coastland Coast-Land Crossed Cry Enriched Great Grief Inhabitants Island Isle Merchants Messengers Passed Passing Replenished Representatives Sea Sea-Land Sidon Silent Trader Traders Waters ZidonIsaiah 23 1. The miserable overthrow of Tyre15. Her restoration and unfaithfulness (2) Inhabitants of the isle . . .--Better, coast. The word was specially appropriate to the narrow seaboard strip of land occupied by the Ph?nicians--Zidon, the older city, the "great Zidon" of Joshua 11:8; Joshua 19:28, appearing as the representative of Ph?nicia generally. It was her commerce that had filled Tyre and the other daughter cities. The "dumbness" to which the prophet calls the people is that of stupefied terror.Verse 2. - Be still; rather, be silent, as in the margin. It would be idle to complain or lament. Ye inhabitants of the isle. Tyro was situated on a small isle, which Alexander joined to the mainland by means of a mole (Arrian, 'Exp. Alex.,' 2:23). It is uncertain, however, whether this isle is meant here, or the strip of Phoenician coast, since the Hebrew 'i has both meanings. Thou whom the merchants of Zidon... have replenished. During the flourishing period of Tyro (B.C. 1025-585), Zidon, though it had generally kings of its own, played a secondary part to Tyre, and for the most part acquiesced in Tyrian supremacy. Its best sailors served in the Tyrian fleet (Ezekiel 27:8), and its merchants were content to enrich the recognized "chief city." Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Be silent,דֹּ֖מּוּ (dōm·mū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 1826: To be dumb, to be astonished, to stop, to perish O dwellers יֹ֣שְׁבֵי (yō·šə·ḇê) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry of the coastland, אִ֑י (’î) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 339: A habitable spot, dry land, a coast, an island you merchants סֹחֵ֥ר (sō·ḥêr) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct Strong's 5503: To go around or about, travel about of Sidon, צִיד֛וֹן (ṣî·ḏō·wn) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 6721: Sidon -- a Phoenician city on the Mediterranean coast, also a son of Canaan whom the seafarers עֹבֵ֥ר (‘ō·ḇêr) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on have enriched. מִלְאֽוּךְ׃ (mil·’ūḵ) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural | second person feminine singular Strong's 4390: To fill, be full of Links Isaiah 23:2 NIVIsaiah 23:2 NLT Isaiah 23:2 ESV Isaiah 23:2 NASB Isaiah 23:2 KJV Isaiah 23:2 BibleApps.com Isaiah 23:2 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 23:2 Chinese Bible Isaiah 23:2 French Bible Isaiah 23:2 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 23:2 Be still you inhabitants of the coast (Isa Isi Is) |
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