Parallel Verses
Amplified
Be silent, you inhabitants of the coastland,
You
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.
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;
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
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References
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Morish
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 23:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Oracle Against Tyre
1
The [mournful, inspired] oracle (
For Tyre is destroyed, without house, without harbor;
It is reported to them from the land of Cyprus (Kittim).
Be silent, you inhabitants of the coastland,
You
And they were on great waters.
The grain of the
And she was the market of nations.
Phrases
Cross References
Isaiah 47:5
“Sit in silence, and go into darkness,
O daughter of the Chaldeans;
For you will no longer be called
The queen of kingdoms.
Psalm 46:10
“Be still and know (recognize, understand) that I am God.
I will be exalted among the nations! I will be exalted in the earth.”
Isaiah 41:1
And let the nations gain their strength;
Let them come near, then let them speak;
Let us come together for judgment [and decide the issue between us concerning the enemy from the east].
Ezekiel 27:3-4
and say to Tyre, who lives at the entrance to the sea, merchant of the peoples to many coastlands, ‘Thus says the Lord God,
Ezekiel 27:8-36
“The inhabitants of Sidon and [the island] of Arvad were your oarsmen;
Your skilled and wise men, O Tyre, were with you; they were your pilots.
Ezekiel 28:2
“Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, ‘Thus says the Lord God,
And you have said and thought, ‘I am a god,
I sit in the seat of the gods
In the heart of the seas’;
Yet you are [only] a man [weak, feeble, made of earth] and not God,
Though you [imagine yourself to be more than mortal and] think your mind is as [wise as] the mind of God—
Habakkuk 2:20
“But the Lord is in His holy temple.
Let all the earth hush and be silent before Him.”