Zechariah 9:3 “Tyre has built herself a fortress; she has heaped up silver like dust,…”

Zechariah 9:3

Tyre has built herself a fortress; she has heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.

World English Bible

Tyre built herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver like the dust, and fine gold like the mire of the streets.

American Standard Version

And Tyre did build herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.

Geneva Bible 1599

For Tyrus did build her selfe a strong holde, and heaped vp siluer as the dust, and golde as the myre of the streetes.

Darby Translation

And Tyre hath built herself a stronghold, and hath heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.

Young's Literal Translation

And Tyre doth build a bulwark to herself, And doth heap silver as dust, And gold as mire of out-places.

Bible in Basic English

And Tyre made for herself a strong place, and got together silver like dust and the best gold like the earth of the streets.

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Cross references

“build”

Joshua 19:29 2 Samuel 24:7

Joshua 19:29 · BSB

The border then turned back toward Ramah as far as the fortified city of Tyre, turned toward Hosah, and came out at the Sea in the region of Achzib,

2 Samuel 24:7 · BSB

They went toward the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites. Finally, they went on to the Negev of Judah, to Beersheba.

“heaped”

Job 27:16 Ezekiel 27:33 Isaiah 23:8 1 Kings 10:27 Job 22:24 Ezekiel 28:4

Job 27:16 · BSB

Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,

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.

Isaiah 23:8 · BSB

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

1 Kings 10:27 · BSB

The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.

Job 22:24 · BSB

and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,

Ezekiel 28:4 · BSB

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

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

In context

2and also against Hamath, which borders it, as well as Tyre and Sidon, though they are very shrewd.

4Behold, the Lord will impoverish her and cast her wealth into the sea, and she will be consumed by fire.

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