Isaiah 23:2-3
New English Translation
2 Lament,[a] you residents of the coast,
you merchants of Sidon who travel over the sea,
whose agents sail over 3 the deep waters.[b]
Grain from the Shihor region,[c]
crops grown near the Nile[d] she receives;[e]
she is the trade center[f] of the nations.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 23:2 tn Or “keep quiet”; NAB “Silence!”
- Isaiah 23:3 tc The Hebrew text (23:2b-3a) reads literally, “merchant of Sidon, the one who crosses the sea, they filled you, and on the deep waters.” Instead of מִלְאוּךְ (milʾukh, “they filled you”) the Qumran scroll 1QIsaa reads מלאכיך (“your messengers”). The translation assumes an emendation of מִלְאוּךְ to מַלְאָכָו (malʾakhav, “his messengers”), taking the vav (ו) on וּבְמַיִם (uvemayim) as improperly placed; instead it should be the final letter of the preceding word.
- Isaiah 23:3 tn Heb “seed of Shihor.” “Shihor” probably refers to the east branch of the Nile. See Jer 2:18 and BDB 1009 s.v. שִׁיחוֹר.
- Isaiah 23:3 tn Heb “the harvest of the Nile.”
- Isaiah 23:3 tn Heb “[is] her revenue.”
- Isaiah 23:3 tn Heb “merchandise”; KJV, ASV “a mart of nations”; NLT “the merchandise mart of the world.”
Isaiah 23:2-3
King James Version
2 Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.
3 And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations.
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Isaiah 23:2-3
New King James Version
2 Be still, you inhabitants of the coastland,
You merchants of Sidon,
[a]Whom those who cross the sea have filled.
3 And on great waters the grain of Shihor,
The harvest of [b]the River, is her revenue;
And (A)she is a marketplace for the nations.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 23:2 So with MT, Vg.; LXX, Tg. Passing over the water; DSS Your messengers passing over the sea
- Isaiah 23:3 The Nile
Isaiah 23:2-3
English Standard Version
2 Be still, O inhabitants of the coast;
the merchants of (A)Sidon, who cross the sea, have filled you.
3 And on many waters
your revenue was the grain of Shihor,
the harvest of the Nile;
you were (B)the merchant of the nations.
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