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

1The oracle concerning Tyre. Wail, O ships of Tarshish, For Tyre is destroyed, without house or harbor; It is reported to them from the land of Cyprus. 2Be silent, you inhabitants of the coastland, You merchants of Sidon; Your messengers crossed the sea And were on many waters. The grain of the Nile, the harvest of the River was her revenue; And she was the market of nations. 4Be ashamed, O Sidon; For the sea speaks, the stronghold of the sea, saying, “I have neither travailed nor given birth, I have neither brought up young men nor reared virgins.” 5When the report reaches Egypt, They will be in anguish at the report of Tyre.

Isaiah 23:3 word by word

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

• on manyרַבrab · manyH7227
• watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• The grainזֶ֫רַעzera‛ · seedH2233
• Nileשִׁיחוֹרshîychôr shichôr shichôr · ShihorH7883
• the harvestקָצִירqâtsîyr · harvestH7105
• of the Riverיְאֹרye'ôr · NileH2975
• was her revenueתְּבוּאָהtebû'âh · produceH8393
• marketסַחַרsachar · profitH5504
• of nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471

Cross-references for Isaiah 23:3

• 1 Chronicles 13:5So David assembled all Israel together, from the Shihor of Egypt even to the entrance of Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.
• Jeremiah 2:18But now what are you doing on the road to Egypt, To drink the waters of the Nile? Or what are you doing on the road to Assyria, To drink the waters of the Euphrates?
• Isaiah 32:20How blessed will you be, you who sow beside all waters, Who let out freely the ox and the donkey.
• Deuteronomy 11:10For the land, into which you are entering to possess it, is not like the land of Egypt from which you came, where you used to sow your seed and water it with your foot like a vegetable garden.
• Isaiah 23:8Who has planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, Whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the honored of the earth?
• Ezekiel 27:33When your wares went out from the seas, You satisfied many peoples; With the abundance of your wealth and your merchandise You enriched the kings of earth.
• Ezekiel 28:4By your wisdom and understanding You have acquired riches for yourself And have acquired gold and silver for your treasuries.
• Joel 3:5Since you have taken My silver and My gold, brought My precious treasures to your temples,
• Revelation 18:11“And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargoes any more--

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