Isaiah 23:3New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— And [were] on many waters. The grain of the Nile, the harvest of the River was her revenue; And she was the market of nations.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, [is] her revenue; and she is a mart of nations.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— And on great waters the seed of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue; and she was the mart of nations.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— And on great waters the seed of the Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue; and she was the mart of nations.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, [is] her revenue; and she is a mart of nations.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— And on great waters, the seed of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue; and she was the market of the nations.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Yea, on mighty waters, was the grain of Shihor, The harvest of the Nile, was her increase,—And so she became a mart of nations.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— And in many waters [is] the seed of Sihor, The harvest of the brook [is] her increase, And she is a mart of nations.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— The seed of the Nile in many waters, the harvest of the river is her revenue: and she is become the mart of the nations.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— 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.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— And by great waters the seede of Sihor, the haruest of the riuer [is] her reuenew, and she is a mart of nations.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Your commerce is on many waters, O offspring of merchants; the harvest of the river is her revenue, and she is a mart of nations.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— in great waters, a generation of merchants? as when the harvest is gathered in, [so are] these traders with the nations.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— And by great waters the seed of Shichor, the harvest of the river, [is] her revenue; and she is a mart of nations. |
And by great
7227 {7227} Primeרַבrab{rab}
By contraction from H7231; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality).
waters
4325 {4325} Primeמַיִםmayim{mah'-yim}
Dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively juice; by euphemism urine, semen.
the seed
2233 {2233} Primeזֶרַעzera`{zeh'-rah}
From H2232; seed; figuratively fruit, plant, sowing time, posterity.
of
Šîçôr
שִׁיחוֹר,
7883 {7883} PrimeשִׁיחוֹרShiychowr{shee-khore'}
Probably from H7835; dark, that is, turbid; Shichor, a stream of Egypt.
the harvest
7105 {7105} Primeקָצִירqatsiyr{kaw-tseer'}
From H7114; severed, that is, harvest (as reaped), the crop, the time, the reaper, or figuratively; also a limb (of a tree, or simply foliage).
of the river,
2975 {2975} Primeיְאוֹרy@`or{yeh-ore'}
Of Egyptian origin; a channel, for example a fosse, canal, shaft; specifically the Nile, as the one river of Egypt, including its collateral trenches; also the Tigris, as the main river of Assyria.
[ is] her revenue;
8393 {8393} Primeתְּבוּאָהt@buw'ah{teb-oo-aw'}
From H0935; income, that is, produce (literally or figuratively).
and she is
x1961 (1961) Complementהָיָהhayah{haw-yaw'}
A primitive root (compare H1933); to exist, that is, be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary).
a mart
5505 {5505} Primeסַחַרcachar{saw-khar'}
From H5503; an emporium; abstractly profit (from trade).
of nations.
1471 {1471} Primeגּוֹיgowy{go'-ee}
Apparently from the same root as H1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts. |
Isaiah 23:3
_ _ great waters — the wide waters of the sea.
_ _ seed — “grain,” or crop, as in 1 Samuel 8:15; Job 39:12.
_ _ Sihor — literally, “dark-colored”; applied to the Nile, as the Egyptian Jeor, and the Greek Melas, to express the “dark, turbid” colors given to its waters by the fertilizing soil which it deposits at its yearly overflow (Jeremiah 2:18).
_ _ harvest of the river — the growth of the Delta; the produce due to the overflow of the Nile: Egypt was the great granary of corn in the ancient world (Genesis 41:1-57; Genesis 42:1-38; Genesis 43:1-34).
_ _ her revenue — Tyrian vessels carried Egyptian produce obtained in exchange for wine, oil, glass, etc., into various lands, and so made large profits.
_ _ mart — (Ezekiel 27:3). No city was more favorably situated for commerce. |
Isaiah 23:3
And by great waters the (g) seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, [is] her revenue; and she is a merchandise of nations.
(g) Meaning, the corn of Egypt which was fed by the overflowing of the Nile. |
- Sihor:
1 Chronicles 13:5 So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjathjearim.
Jeremiah 2:18 And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?
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- the harvest:
Isaiah 32:20 Blessed [are] ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth [thither] the feet of the ox and the ass.
Deuteronomy 11:10 For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, [is] not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst [it] with thy foot, as a garden of herbs:
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- she is:
Isaiah 23:8 Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning [city], whose merchants [are] princes, whose traffickers [are] the honourable of the earth?
Ezekiel 27:33 When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise.
Ezekiel 28:4 With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:
Joel 3:5 Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things:
Revelation 18:11-13 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: ... And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.
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