King James Version
Isaiah 23:8 in the King James Version says “Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the hono...” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 23 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?”
Isaiah 23:8 · KJV
Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle.
Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn. afar: Heb. from afar off
Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?
The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth. to stain: Heb. to pollute
Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength. strength: Heb. girdle
KJV Study — Public Domain
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“the crowning”
H5849to encircle (for attack or protection); especially to crown (literally or figuratively)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“city whose merchants”
H5503to travel round (specifically as a pedlar); intensively, to palpitate
a kenaanite or inhabitant of kenaan; by implication, a pedlar (the canaanites standing for their neighbors the ishmaelites, who conducted mercantile c
“are the honourable”
H3513to be heavy, i.e., in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable); causatively, to make weighty (in the same
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