Isaiah 23:8 - Revised Standard Version Who has purposed this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the honored of the earth? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Who has purposed this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the honored of the earth? American Standard Version (1901) Who hath purposed this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honorable of the earth? Common English Bible Who planned this concerning Tyre, the one who gives crowns, whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the honored of the earth? Catholic Public Domain Version Who has made this plan against Tyre, which formerly was crowned, whose merchants were leaders, whose traders were illustrious on the earth? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, that was formerly crowned, whose merchants were princes, and her traders the nobles of the earth? |
How then can you repulse a single captain among the least of my master's servants, when you rely on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
They will make a spoil of your riches and a prey of your merchandise; they will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses; your stones and timber and soil they will cast into the midst of the waters.
You increased your merchants more than the stars of the heavens. The locust spreads its wings and flies away.
Tyre has built herself a rampart, and heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the mud of the streets.
and the light of a lamp shall shine in thee no more; and the voice of bridegroom and bride shall be heard in thee no more; for thy merchants were the great men of the earth, and all nations were deceived by thy sorcery.
so shall her plagues come in a single day, pestilence and mourning and famine, and she shall be burned with fire; for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”