Devine Scripture

Isaiah 23:2

Isaiah chapter 23 · verse 2 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.1The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Kittim it is revealed to them.

v.2This passage

v.3And on great waters the seed of the Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue; and she was the mart of nations.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 46:10

    Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.

  • Isaiah 41:1

    Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the peoples renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak; let us come near together to judgment.

  • Isaiah 47:5

    Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans; for thou shalt no more be called The mistress of kingdoms.

  • Ezekiel 27:8

    The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were thy rowers: thy wise men, O Tyre, were in thee, they were thy pilots.

  • Ezekiel 27:3

    and say unto Tyre, O thou that dwellest at the entry of the sea, that art the merchant of the peoples unto many isles, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Thou, O Tyre, hast said, I am perfect in beauty.

  • Habakkuk 2:20

    But Jehovah is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.