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

6Travel to Tarshish! Cry loudly, you inhabitants of the seacoast! 7Is this your bustling city founded in the distant past? Is this the city that sent its people to settle in distant lands? Who planned such a thing against Tyre, the city that produced kings? Its merchants are princes. Its traders are among the honored people of the world. 9The Lord of Armies planned this in order to dishonor all arrogant people and to humiliate all the honored people of the world. 10Travel through your country like the Nile, people of Tarshish. You no longer have a harbor.

Isaiah 23:8 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Who hath taken this counselיָעַץyâ‛ats · to adviseH3289
• against Tyreצֹרtsôr tsôr · TyreH6865
• the crowningעָטַר‛âţar · to crownH5849
• whose merchantsסָחַרsâchar · to tradeH5503
• princesשַׂרώar · rulerH8269
• whose traffickersכְּנַ֫עַןkena‛an · merchantH3667
• the honourableכָּבֵדkâbad kâbêd · to honor: honourH3513
• of the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776

Cross-references for Isaiah 23:8

• Deuteronomy 29:24Then all the other nations in the world will ask, “Why has the Lord done this to their land? Why is he so angry?”
• Jeremiah 50:44I will suddenly chase them from their places like a lion coming out of the jungle along the Jordan River into pastureland. I will appoint over Babylon whomever I choose. Who is like me? Who can challenge me? Is there any leader who can stand up to me?
• Revelation 18:8For this reason her plagues of death, misery, and starvation will come in a single day. She will be burned up in a fire, because the Lord God, who judges her, is powerful.
• Ezekiel 28:2“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre, ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: In your arrogance you say, “I’m a god. I sit on God’s throne in the sea.” But you’re only human and not a god, although you think you are a god.
• Isaiah 10:8They ask, ‘Aren’t all our commanders kings?
• Isaiah 36:9How can you defeat my master’s lowest-ranking officers when you trust Egypt for chariots and horses?

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