Isaiah 23:8

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Who hath purposed this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honorable of the earth?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Who hath counselled this against Tyre, The crowning one, whose traders <FI>are<Fi> princes, Her merchants the honoured of earth?'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 23:8 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 29:24So all the nations will ask, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’
  2. Isaiah 10:8“Are not all my commanders kings?” he says.
  3. Isaiah 36:9For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
  4. Jeremiah 50:44Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Babylon from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”
  5. 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 you have regarded your heart as that of a god.
  6. Ezekiel 28:12“Son of man, take up a lament for the king of Tyre and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
  7. Zechariah 9:3Tyre has built herself a fortress;she has heaped up silver like dust,and gold like the dirt of the streets.
  8. Revelation 18:8Therefore her plagues will come in one day— death and grief and famine— and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”

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