KJV King James Version
And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.
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Isaiah 2:16
And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
against every ship of Tarshish, and against every stately vessel.
WEB World English Bible
For all the ships of Tarshish, and for all pleasant imagery.
ASV American Standard Version
and upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant imagery.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And for all ships of Tarshish, And for all desirable pictures.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 2
13 And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, [that are] high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,
14 And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills [that are] lifted up,
15 And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,
16 And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.
17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
18 And the idols he shall utterly abolish.
19 And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
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1 Kings 10:22For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.Isaiah 23:1The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.Isaiah 60:9Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.Numbers 33:52Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places:1 Kings 22:48-49Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber.Revelation 18:17-19For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,Psalm 47:7For God [is] the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.Revelation 18:11And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:
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