Isaiah 23:8
Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?
KJV
Quis cogitavit hoc super Tyrum quondam coronatam, cujus negotiatores principes, institores ejus inclyti terræ ?
Vulgate
τίς ταῦτα ἐβούλευσεν ἐπὶ Τύρον; μὴ ἥσσων ἐστίν, ἢ οὐκ ἰσχύει; οἱ ἔμποροι αὐτῆς ἔνδοξοι, ἄρχοντες τῆς γῆς.
LXX
Who hath purposed this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honorable of the earth?
ASV
מִ֚י יָעַ֣ץ זֹ֔את עַל צֹ֖ר הַ/מַּֽעֲטִירָ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר סֹחֲרֶ֨י/ה֙ שָׂרִ֔ים כִּנְעָנֶ֖י/הָ נִכְבַּדֵּי אָֽרֶץ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Ezek 26:12 — And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and th
- Ps 107:40 — He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
- Rev 18:18 — And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!
- Rev 18:23 — And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth;