Isaiah 23:18 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁸ And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ But her gain and her hire [the profits of Tyre's new prosperity] will be dedicated to the Lord [eventually]; it will not be treasured or stored up, for her gain will be used for those who dwell in the presence of the Lord [the ministers], that they may eat sufficiently and have durable and stately clothing [suitable for those who minister at God's altar].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to Jehovah: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before Jehovah, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Her profits and wages will be sacred to the LORD. They won’t be stored or saved. Her profits will go to those living before the LORD, for plentiful food and elegant clothes.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ And her businesses and her profits will be sanctified to the Lord. They will not be locked away and they will not be stored. For her business will be for those who will live in the presence of the Lord, so that they may eat until satisfied, and may be well-clothed even into old age.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ And her merchandise and her hire shall be sanctified to the Lord. They shall not be kept in store nor laid up: for her merchandise shall be for them that shall dwell before the Lord, that they may eat unto fulness and be clothed for a continuance.

Isaiah 23:18 Cross References

Psalm 45:12

And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; Even the rich among the people shall entreat thy favour.

Psalm 72:10

The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.

Psalm 72:11

Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: All nations shall serve him.

Exodus 28:36

And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLY TO THE LORD.

Proverbs 13:22

A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children; And the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous.

Proverbs 28:8

He that augmenteth his substance by usury and increase, Gathereth it for him that hath pity on the poor.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For to the man that pleaseth him God giveth wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that pleaseth God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Ezekiel 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 thy dust in the midst of the waters.

Micah 4:13

Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many peoples: and thou shalt devote their gain unto the LORD, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.

Zechariah 14:14

And Judah also shall fight against Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the nations round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance.

Malachi 3:10

Bring ye the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

Matthew 25:16

Straightway he that received the five talents went and traded with them, and made other five talents.

Mark 3:8

and from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and beyond Jordan, and about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, hearing what great things he did, came unto him.

Luke 12:33

Sell that ye have, and give alms; make for yourselves purses which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief draweth near, neither moth destroyeth.

Luke 8:3

and Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto them of their substance.

Acts 9:39

And Peter arose and went with them. And when he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them.

Galatians 6:6

But let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.