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Isaiah 23:11

He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the strong holds thereof.

KJV

Manum suam extendit super mare ; conturbavit regna. Dominus mandavit adversus Chanaan, ut contereret fortes ejus ;

Vulgate

ἡ δὲ χείρ σου οὐκέτι ἰσχύει κατὰ θάλασσαν, ἡ παροξύνουσα βασιλεῖς· Κύριος σαβαὼθ ἐνετείλατο περὶ Χανάαν ἀπολέσαι αὐτῆς τὴν ἰσχύν.

LXX

He hath stretched out his hand over the sea, he hath shaken the kingdoms: Jehovah hath given commandment concerning Canaan, to destroy the strongholds thereof.

ASV

יָד/וֹ֙ נָטָ֣ה עַל הַ/יָּ֔ם הִרְגִּ֖יז מַמְלָכ֑וֹת יְהוָה֙ צִוָּ֣ה אֶל כְּנַ֔עַן לַ/שְׁמִ֖ד מָעֻזְנֶֽי/הָ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
ה
h
noun · 393×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יִרְגַּ֖ז
yrgz
verb · 41×
כְּנָ֑עַן
kn'n
proper_noun · 94×
ם
m
verb · 90×
מַמְלְכ֣וֹת
mmlkvt
noun · 117×
מָע֣וֹז
m'vz
noun · 36×
נָטִ֤יתִי
ntyty
verb · 216×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
צִוָּ֥ה
tsvh
verb · 489×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Exod 14:21 — And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
  • Ezek 26:4 — And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.
  • Zech 9:3 — And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.