Isaiah 23:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

² Be still, O inhabitants of the coast, O merchants of Sidon; your messengers crossed over the sea

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Be still, you inhabitants of the coast, you merchants of Sidon, your messengers passing over the sea have replenished you [with wealth and industry],

American Standard Version (1901)

² Be still, ye inhabitants of the coast, thou whom the merchants of Sidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.

Common English Bible

² Be still, inhabitants of the coast, traders of Sidon, whose messengers crossed over the sea,

Catholic Public Domain Version

² Be silent, you inhabitants of the island! The merchants of Sidon, crossing over the sea, have filled you.

Isaiah 23:2 Cross References

Isaiah 47:5

Sit in silence, and go into darkness, daughter Chaldea! For you shall no more be called the mistress of kingdoms.

Habakkuk 2:20

But the Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him!

Ezekiel 28:2

Mortal, say to the prince of Tyre: Thus says the Lord God: Because your heart is proud and you have said, “I am a god; I sit in the seat of the gods, in the heart of the seas,” yet you are but a mortal and no god, though you compare your mind with the mind of a god.

Isaiah 41:1

Listen to me in silence, O coastlands; let the peoples renew their strength; let them approach, then let them speak; let us together draw near for judgment.

Psalm 46:10

“Be still, and know that I am God! I am exalted among the nations; I am exalted in the earth.”

Ezekiel 28:21

Mortal, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against it,