Isaiah 23:3

Isaiah 23:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations.
• New International Version (NIV)On the great waters came the grain of the Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre, and she became the marketplace of the nations.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And on many waters your revenue was the grain of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile; you were the merchant of the nations.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And on great waters the grain of Shihor, The harvest of the River, is her revenue; And she is a marketplace for the nations.

Context of Isaiah 23:3

1A pronouncement concerning Tyre: Wail, ships of Tarshish, for your haven has been destroyed. Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus. 2Mourn, inhabitants of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon; your agents have crossed the sea over deep water. Tyre’s revenue was the grain from Shihor — the harvest of the Nile. She was the merchant among the nations. 4Be ashamed, Sidon, the stronghold of the sea, for the sea has spoken: “I have not been in labor or given birth. I have not raised young men or brought up young women.” 5When the news reaches Egypt, they will be in anguish over the news about Tyre.

Isaiah 23:3 word by word

וּבְמַ֤יִם רַבִּים֙ זֶ֣רַע שִׁחֹ֔ר קְצִ֥יר יְא֖וֹר תְּבֽוּאָתָ֑הּ וַתְּהִ֖י סְחַ֥ר גּוֹיִֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And by greatרַבrab · manyH7227
• watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• the seedזֶ֫רַעzera‛ · seedH2233
• of Sihorשִׁיחוֹרshîychôr shichôr shichôr · ShihorH7883
• the harvestקָצִירqâtsîyr · harvestH7105
• of the riverיְאֹרye'ôr · NileH2975
• her revenueתְּבוּאָהtebû'âh · produceH8393
• and she is a martסָ֫חַרsâchar · merchandiseH5505
• of nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471

Cross-references for Isaiah 23:3

• 1 Chronicles 13:5So David assembled all Israel, from the Shihor of Egypt to the entrance of Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.
• Jeremiah 2:18Now what will you gain by traveling along the way to Egypt to drink the water of the Nile? What will you gain by traveling along the way to Assyria to drink the water of the Euphrates?
• Isaiah 32:20You will be happy as you sow seed beside abundant water, and as you let oxen and donkeys range freely.
• Deuteronomy 11:10For the land you are entering to possess is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and irrigated by hand as in a vegetable garden.
• Isaiah 23:8Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose traders are princes, whose merchants are the honored ones of the earth?
• Ezekiel 27:33When your merchandise was unloaded from the seas, you satisfied many peoples. You enriched the kings of the earth with your abundant wealth and goods.
• Ezekiel 28:4By your wisdom and understanding you have acquired wealth for yourself. You have acquired gold and silver for your treasuries.
• Joel 3:5For you took my silver and gold and carried my finest treasures to your temples.
• Revelation 18:11The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargo any longer —

Commentaries on Isaiah 23:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3The seed of Sihor "The seed of the Nile" - The Nile is called here Shichor, as it is Jeremiah 2:18, and 1 Chronicles 13:5. It had this name from the blackness of its waters, charged with the mud which it brings down from Ethiopia when it overflows, Et viridem Aegyptum nigra fecundat arena; as it was called by the Greeks Melas, and by the Latins Melo, for the same reason. See Servius on the above line of Virgil, Georg. 4:291. It was called Siris by the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3And by great waters - That is, by the abundant-waters, or the overflowing of the Nile. Tyre was the mart to which the superabundant productions of Egypt were borne (see Joshua 13:3; 1 Chronicles 13:5; Jeremiah 2:18). The word שׁחר shichor is derived from שׁחר shachar “to be black” Job 30:30, and is given to the Nile from its color when it brings down the slime or mud by which Egypt is rendered so fertile. The Greeks gave to the river the name ́ Melas…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3People harvested fish, crops, flax, and linen along the Nile (see Isaiah 19). Tyre was a global marketplace, similar to modern cities like New York, Hong Kong, or London.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. great waters--the wide waters of the sea. seed--"grain," or crop, as in 1Sa 8:15; Job 39:12. Sihor--literally, "dark-colored"; applied to the Nile, as the Egyptian Jeor, and the Greek Melas, to express the "dark, turbid" colors given to its waters by the fertilizing soil which it deposits at its yearly overflow (Jr 2:18). harvest of the river--the growth of the Delta; the produce due to the overflow of the Nile: Egypt was the great granary of corn in…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 23:3

• Nile
• Sihor
• Tarshish

In the dictionaries

• Euphrates River, the River
• Nile
• Sihor
• Commerce
• Evil
• Harvest
• Isaiah
• Market; Marketplace; Mart
• Revenue
• Shihor

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