English Standard Version
Isaiah 23:3
3And on many waters your revenue was the grain of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile; you were the merchant of the nations.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)sailing over deep waters. They brought you grain from Egypt and harvests from along the Nile. You were the marketplace of the world.
Context of Isaiah 23:3
1The oracle concerning Tyre. Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor! From the land of Cyprus it is revealed to them. 2Be still, O inhabitants of the coast; the merchants of Sidon, who cross the sea, have filled you. And on many waters your revenue was the grain of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile; you were the merchant of the nations. 4Be ashamed, O Sidon, for the sea has spoken, the stronghold of the sea, saying: "I have neither labored nor given birth, I have neither reared young men nor brought up young women." 5When the report comes to Egypt, they will be in anguish over the report about Tyre.
Read all of Isaiah 23Isaiah 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 Nile of Egypt to Lebo-hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.
- Jeremiah 2:18And now what do you gain by going to Egypt to drink the waters of the Nile? Or what do you gain by going to Assyria to drink the waters of the Euphrates?
- Isaiah 32:20Happy are you who sow beside all waters, who let the feet of the ox and the donkey range free.
- Deuteronomy 11:10For the land that you are entering to take possession of it is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and irrigated it, like a garden of vegetables.
- Isaiah 23:8Who has purposed this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the honored of the earth?
- Ezekiel 27:33When your wares came from the seas, you satisfied many peoples; with your abundant wealth and merchandise you enriched the kings of the earth.
- Ezekiel 28:4by your wisdom and your understanding you have made wealth for yourself, and have gathered gold and silver into your treasuries;
- Joel 3:5For you have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried my rich treasures into your temples.
- Revelation 18:11And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn for her, since no one buys their cargo anymore,
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
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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
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