NET Bible
"Who planned this for royal Tyre, whose merchants are princes, whose traders are the dignitaries of the earth?"
— Isaiah 23:8, NET Bible
“Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?”
“Who hath purposed this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honorable of the earth? ”
“Who has planned this against Tyre, the giver of crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honorable of the earth?”
“Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, that was formerly crowned, whose merchants were princes, and her traders the nobles of the earth?”
“By whom was this purposed against Tyre, the crowning town, whose traders are chiefs, whose business men are honoured in the land?”
“Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?”
When the news reaches Egypt, they will be shaken by what has happened to Tyre.
Travel to Tarshish! Wail, you residents of the coast!
Is this really your boisterous city whose origins are in the distant past, and whose feet led her to a distant land to reside?
Who planned this for royal Tyre, whose merchants are princes, whose traders are the dignitaries of the earth?
The LORD of Heaven’s Armies planned it– to dishonor the pride that comes from all her beauty, to humiliate all the dignitaries of the earth.
Daughter Tarshish, travel back to your land, as one crosses the Nile; there is no longer any marketplace in Tyre.
The LORD stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook kingdoms; he gave the order to destroy Canaan’s fortresses.