KJV King James Version
Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, [even] the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, [nor] bring up virgins.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Isaiah 23:4
Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, [even] the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, [nor] bring up virgins.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Be ashamed, O Sidon, the stronghold of the sea, for the sea has spoken: “I have not been in labor or given birth. I have not raised young men or brought up young women.”
WEB World English Bible
Be ashamed, Sidon; for the sea has spoken, the stronghold of the sea, saying, “I have not travailed, nor brought forth, neither have I nourished young men, nor brought up virgins.”
ASV American Standard Version
Be thou ashamed, O Sidon; for the sea hath spoken, the stronghold of the sea, saying, I have not travailed, nor brought forth, neither have I nourished young men, nor brought up virgins.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Be ashamed, O Zidon; for the sea spake, The strength of the sea, saying: ‘I have not been pained, nor have I brought forth, Nor have I nourished young men, nor brought up virgins.’
Surrounding context — Isaiah 23
1 The 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.
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.
4 Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, [even] the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, [nor] bring up virgins.
5 As at the report concerning Egypt, [so] shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.
6 Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle.
7 [Is] this your joyous [city], whose antiquity [is] of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.
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בּ֣וֹשִׁיH954 · bushbe ashamedצִיד֔וֹןH6721 · tsi.donSidonכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforאָמַ֣רH559 · a.marto sayיָ֔םH3220 · yamseaמָע֥וֹזH4581 · ma.ozsecurityהַיָּ֖םH3220 · yamseaלֵאמֹ֑רH559 · a.marto sayלֹֽא־H3808 · lonotחַ֣לְתִּיH2342 · chulto twist: trembleוְלֹֽא־H3808 · lonotיָלַ֗דְתִּיH3205 · ya.ladto begetוְלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotגִדַּ֛לְתִּיH1431 · ga.dalto magnifyבַּחוּרִ֖יםH970 · ba.churyouthרוֹמַ֥מְתִּיH7311 · rumto exaltבְתוּלֽוֹת׃H1330 · be.tu.lahvirgin
Cross-references
Revelation 18:23And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.Hosea 9:11-14[As for] Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.Genesis 10:15And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,Genesis 10:19And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.Ezekiel 26:3-6Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I [am] against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up.Jeremiah 47:3-4At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong [horses], at the rushing of his chariots, [and at] the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to [their] children for feebleness of hands;
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