Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Tyre shall make herself strong, and heap up silver as the sand, and gold as the clay of the streets.
New American Standard Bible
And
And
King James Version
And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
Holman Bible
she has heaped up silver like dust
and gold like the dirt of the streets.
International Standard Version
"Tyre built itself a fortification, hoarding silver like dust and pure gold like mud in a street.
A Conservative Version
And Tyre built herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
American Standard Version
And Tyre did build herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
Amplified
For Tyre built herself an [impregnable] stronghold [on an island offshore],
And she has heaped up silver like dust
And gold like the mire of the streets.
Bible in Basic English
And Tyre made for herself a strong place, and got together silver like dust and the best gold like the earth of the streets.
Darby Translation
And Tyre hath built herself a stronghold, and hath heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
Julia Smith Translation
And Tyre will build for herself a fortress, and she will heap up silver as the dust, and gold as the mud of the streets.
King James 2000
And Tyre did build herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Tyre has built a fortification for itself, and it heaped up silver like dust, and gold like [the] mud of [the] streets.
Modern King James verseion
And Tyre shall build herself a stronghold, and shall heap up silver like the dust, and gold like the mud of the streets;
NET Bible
Tyre built herself a fortification and piled up silver like dust and gold like the mud of the streets!
New Heart English Bible
Tyre built herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver like the dust, and fine gold like the mire of the streets.
The Emphasized Bible
Therefore did Tyre build a stronghold for herself, - and did heap up silver like dust, yea gold, like the mire of the lanes.
Webster
And Tyre built herself a strong hold, and amassed silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
World English Bible
Tyre built herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver like the dust, and fine gold like the mire of the streets.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Tyre doth build a bulwark to herself, And doth heap silver as dust, And gold as mire of out-places.
Themes
greed » Avaricious men, examples of » The people of tyre
Philistines » Prophecies respecting » Dismay at ruin of tyre
Interlinear
Banah
Matsowr
Charuwts
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Zechariah 9:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Judgment Of Zion's Enemies
2 The borders of Hamath shall be hard thereby, Tyre also and Sidon, for they are very wise. 3 Tyre shall make herself strong, and heap up silver as the sand, and gold as the clay of the streets. 4 Behold, the LORD shall take her in, and have her in possession: he shall smite down her power in to the sea, and she shall be consumed with fire.
Phrases
Cross References
Joshua 19:29
And then the coast turneth to Ramah and to the strong city of Azor and turneth to Hosah and endeth at the sea, by the possession of Achzib;
Job 27:16
Though he have as much money as the dust of the earth, and raiment as ready as the clay,
Ezekiel 28:4-5
With thy wisdom and thy understanding, thou hast gotten thee great wealthiness, and gathered treasure of silver and gold.
2 Samuel 24:7
and came to the strong town of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites and of the Cananites, and then went out to the South of Judah even to Beersheba.
1 Kings 10:27
And the king made silver in Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and Cedar as plenteous as mulberry trees that grow in the valleys.
Ezekiel 27:33
When thy wares and merchandise came from the seas, thou gavest all people enough. The kings of the earth hast thou made rich, through the multitude of thy wares and occupying:
Job 22:24
He shall give thee a harvest, which in plenty and abundance shall exceed the dust of the earth, and the gold of Ophir like river stones.
Isaiah 23:8
Who hath devised such things upon Tyre the crown of all cities, whose merchants and Captains were the highest and principal of the world?