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 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 burden against Tyre. Wail, you ships of Tarshish! For it is laid waste, So that there is no house, no harbor; From the land of Cyprus it is revealed to them. 2Be still, you inhabitants of the coastland, You merchants of Sidon, Whom those who cross the sea have filled. And on great waters the grain of Shihor, The harvest of the River, is her revenue; And she is a marketplace for the nations. 4Be ashamed, O Sidon; For the sea has spoken, The strength of the sea, saying, “I do not labor, nor bring forth children; Neither do I rear young men, Nor bring up virgins.” 5When the report reaches Egypt, They also will be in agony at the report of 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 gathered all Israel together, from Shihor in Egypt to as far as the entrance of Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjath Jearim.
• Jeremiah 2:18And now why take the road to Egypt, To drink the waters of Sihor? Or why take the road to Assyria, To drink the waters of the River?
• Isaiah 32:20Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, Who send out freely the feet of the ox and the donkey.
• Deuteronomy 11:10For the land which you go to possess is not like the land of Egypt from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and watered it by foot, as a vegetable garden;
• Isaiah 23:8Who has taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, Whose merchants are princes, Whose traders are the honorable of the earth?
• Ezekiel 27:33‘When your wares went out by sea, You satisfied many people; You enriched the kings of the earth With your many luxury goods and your merchandise.
• Ezekiel 28:4With your wisdom and your understanding You have gained riches for yourself, And gathered gold and silver into your treasuries;
• Joel 3:5Because you have taken My silver and My gold, And have carried into your temples My prized possessions.
• Revelation 18:11“And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their merchandise 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

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