Isaiah 23:3 “On the great waters came the grain of Shihor; the harvest of the Nile…”

Isaiah 23:3

On the great waters came the grain of Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre; she was the merchant of the nations.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations.

World English Bible

On great waters, the seed of the Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue. She was the market of nations.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

The seede of Nilus growing by the abundance of waters, and the haruest of the riuer was her reuenues, and she was a marte of the nations.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

And in many waters [is] the seed of Sihor, The harvest of the brook [is] her increase, And she is a mart of nations.

Bible in Basic English

Who get in the seed of Shihor, whose wealth is the trade of the nations.

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Cross references

“Sihor”

1 Chronicles 13:5 Jeremiah 2:18

1 Chronicles 13:5 · BSB

So David assembled all Israel, from the River Shihor in Egypt to Lebo-hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.

Jeremiah 2:18 · BSB

Now what will you gain on your way to Egypt to drink the waters of the Nile ? What will you gain on your way to Assyria to drink the waters of the Euphrates ?

“the harvest”

Isaiah 32:20 Deuteronomy 11:10

Isaiah 32:20 · BSB

Blessed are those who sow beside abundant waters, who let the ox and donkey range freely.

Deuteronomy 11:10 · BSB

For the land that you are entering to possess is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and irrigated on foot, like a vegetable garden.

“she is”

Isaiah 23:8 Ezekiel 27:33 Ezekiel 28:4 Joel 3:5 Revelation 18:11–13

Isaiah 23:8 · BSB

Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose traders are princes, whose merchants are renowned on the earth?

Ezekiel 27:33 · BSB

When your wares went out to sea, you satisfied many nations. You enriched the kings of the earth with your abundant wealth and merchandise.

Ezekiel 28:4 · BSB

By your wisdom and understanding you have gained your wealth and amassed gold and silver for your treasuries.

Joel 3:5 · BSB

For you took My silver and gold and carried off My finest treasures to your temples.

Revelation 18:11–13 · BSB

And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because there is no one left to buy their cargo—

Also

Ezekiel 27:3–23 Isaiah 19:7

Ezekiel 27:3–23 · BSB

Tell 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.’

Isaiah 19:7 · BSB

The bulrushes by the Nile, by the mouth of the river, and all the fields sown along the Nile, will wither, blow away, and be no more.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon, whose traders have crossed the sea.

4Be ashamed, O Sidon, the stronghold of the sea, for the sea has spoken: “I have not been in labor or given birth. I have not raised young men or brought up young women.”

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