Isaiah 23:8

Isaiah 23:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?
• New International Version (NIV)Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traders are renowned in the earth?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Who has purposed this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the honored of the earth?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Who has taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, Whose merchants are princes, Whose traders are the honorable of the earth?

Context of Isaiah 23:8

6Cross over to Tarshish; wail, O inhabitants of the coastland! 7Is this your jubilant city, whose origin is from antiquity, whose feet have taken her to settle far away? Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose traders are princes, whose merchants are renowned on the earth? 9The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth. 10Cultivate your land like the Nile, O Daughter of Tarshish; there is no longer a harbor.

Isaiah 23:8 word by word

מִ֚י יָעַ֣ץ זֹ֔את עַל־צֹ֖ר הַמַּֽעֲטִירָ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר סֹחֲרֶ֙יה֙ שָׂרִ֔ים כִּנְעָנֶ֖יהָ נִכְבַּדֵּי־אָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear

• Whoמִיmîy · who?H4310
• plannedיָעַץyâ‛ats · to adviseH3289
• thisזֹאתzô'th · thisH2063
• againstעַל‛al · uponH5921
• Tyreצֹרtsôr tsôr · TyreH6865
• the bestower of crownsעָטַר‛âţar · to crownH5849
• whoseאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• tradersסָחַרsâchar · to tradeH5503
• are princesשַׂרώar · rulerH8269
• whose merchantsכְּנַ֫עַןkena‛an · merchantH3667
• are renownedכָּבֵדkâbad kâbêd · to honor: honourH3513
• on the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776

Cross-references for Isaiah 23:8

• Deuteronomy 29:24So all the nations will ask, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’
• Jeremiah 50:44Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Babylon from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”
• Revelation 18:8Therefore her plagues will come in one day— death and grief and famine— and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”
• Ezekiel 28:2“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god.
• Isaiah 10:8“Are not all my commanders kings?” he says.
• Isaiah 36:9For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

Commentaries on Isaiah 23:8

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Who hath taken this counsel? - To whom is this to be traced? Is this the work of man, or is it the plan of God? - questions which would naturally arise at the contemplation of the ruin of a city so ancient and so magnificent. The object of this question is to trace it all to God; and this perhaps indicates the scope of the prophecy - to show that God reigns, and does all his pleasure ever cities and kingdoms. The crowning city - The distributer of crowns…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8The Lord had brought this disaster on Tyre (Isaiah 23:9). Through trade, Tyre gained wealth for itself and its partners. In this way, Tyre helped create kingdoms.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. Who--answered in Is 23:9, "The Lord of hosts." crowning--crown-giving; that is, the city from which dependent kingdoms had arisen, as Tartessus in Spain, Citium in Cyprus, and Carthage in Africa (Eze 27:33). traffickers--literally, "Canaanites," who were famed for commerce (compare Ho 12:7, Margin).Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 23:8

• Commerce
• Tarshish
• Tyre

In the dictionaries

• Tyre
• Tyre, Tyrians
• Canaan; Canaanites
• Commerce
• Crown
• Evil
• Isaiah
• Trade

Commentaries on Isaiah 23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings