Isaiah 23:2

In 11 translations

BSB

Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon, whose traders have crossed the sea.DSS and LXX; MT whom the seafarers have enriched

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

Be silent, you inhabitants of the island, || Trader of Sidon, passing the sea, they filled you.

YLT

Be silent, ye inhabitants of the isle, Trader of Zidon, passing the sea, they filled thee.

DBY

Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle! The merchants of Sidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished thee.

DRC

Be silent, you that dwell in the island: the merchants of Sidon passing over the sea, have filled thee.

GNV

Be still, yee that dwell in the yles: the marchantes of Zidon, and such as passe ouer the sea, haue replenished thee.

JPS

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

LXXE

To whom are the dwellers in the island become like, the merchants of Phœnice, passing over the sea

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WLC

דֹּ֖מּוּ יֹ֣שְׁבֵי אִ֑י סֹחֵ֥ר צִיד֛וֹן עֹבֵ֥ר יָ֖ם מִלְאֽוּךְ׃

LXX-Br

Τίνι ὅμοιοι γεγόνασιν οἱ ἐνοικοῦντες ἐν τῇ νήσῳ, μετάβολοι Φοινίκης, διαπερῶντες τὴν θάλασσαν

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• Isaiah 47:5“Sit in silence and go into darkness, O Daughter of Chaldea. For you will no longer be called the queen of kingdoms.
• Psalms 46:10“Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.”
• Isaiah 41:1“Be silent before Me, O islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come forward and testify; let us together draw near for judgment.
• Habakkuk 2:20But the LORD is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him.
• Ezekiel 28:2“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though…
• Ezekiel 27:8–36The men of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen. Your men of skill, O Tyre, were there as your captains. The elders of Gebal were aboard as shipwrights, repairing your leaks. All the ships of the sea and their sailors…
• Ezekiel 27:3–4Tell Tyre, who dwells at the gateway to the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coasts, that this is what the Lord GOD says: You have said, O Tyre, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’ Your borders are in the heart of the seas;…

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