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Isaiah 23:10

NileTarshish

8 Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?

9 The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.

Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength.

11 He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the strong holds thereof.

12 And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Cultivate your land like the Nile, O Daughter of Tarshish; there is no longer a harbor.
KJV
Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength.
WEB
Pass through your land like the Nile, daughter of Tarshish. There is no restraint any more.
ASV
Pass through thy land as the Nile, O daughter of Tarshish; there is no restraint any more.
DARBY
Overflow thy land like the Nile, daughter of Tarshish: there is no more restraint.
BLB
Cultivate your land like the Nile, O daughter of Tarshish; [there is] no girdle anymore.
ÅB
Bred deg ut over ditt land som strømmen[^3], du Tarsis' datter! Det er intet bånd mere.
OTB
Flyt over ditt land som Nilen, Datter av Tarsis, for du har ikke lenger noen begrensning.
B1930
Bred dig ut over ditt land som strømmen, du Tarsis' datter! Det er intet bånd mere. / < d.e. Nilen.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 28:20

    Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.

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  • Isaiah 23:14

    Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.

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  • Job 12:21

    He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.

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  • Psalms 18:32

    It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.

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  • Romans 5:6

    For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.

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  • Lamentations 1:6

    And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed: her princes are become like harts that find no pasture, and they are gone without strength before the pursuer.

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  • Haggai 2:22

    And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.

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