KJV King James Version
The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
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Psalm 72:10
The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
May the kings of Tarshish and distant shores bring tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.
WEB World English Bible
The kings of Tarshish and of the islands will bring tribute. The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
ASV American Standard Version
The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall render tribute: The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Kings of Tarshish and of the isles send back a present. Kings of Sheba and Seba a reward bring near.
Surrounding context — Psalm 72
7 In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.
8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.
9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
11 Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.
12 For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and [him] that hath no helper.
13 He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.
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Original-language word links
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מַלְכֵ֬יH4428 · me.lekhkingתַרְשִׁ֣ישׁH8659 · tar.shishTarshishוְ֭אִיִּיםH339 · icoastlandמִנְחָ֣הH4503 · min.chahofferingיָשִׁ֑יבוּH7725 · shuvto return: returnמַלְכֵ֥יH4428 · me.lekhkingשְׁבָ֥אH7614 · she.vaShebaוּ֝סְבָ֗אH5434 · se.vaSebaאֶשְׁכָּ֥רH814 · esh.kargiftיַקְרִֽיבוּ׃H7126 · qa.ravto present: come
Cross-references
Psalm 68:29Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee.Isaiah 60:6The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD.Isaiah 49:7Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, [and] his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, [and] the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.1 Kings 10:1And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions.Psalm 45:12And the daughter of Tyre [shall be there] with a gift; [even] the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.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.2 Chronicles 9:21For the king’s ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.Genesis 10:7And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.Matthew 2:11And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.Isaiah 42:10Sing unto the LORD a new song, [and] his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.Isaiah 43:6I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;Isaiah 60:3And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.Isaiah 42:4He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.1 Kings 10:10And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.1 Kings 10:25And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.Isaiah 43:3For I [am] the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt [for] thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
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