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New Century Version

Zechariah 9:3

Tyre has built a strong wall for herself. She has piled up silver like dust and gold like the mud in the streets.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Thompson Chain Reference - Avarice;   Liberality-Parsimony;   Tyre;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Philistines, the;   Tyre;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Zechariah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Phoenicia;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Gold;   Tyre;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Zechariah, the Book of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Alexander the Great;   Poetry;   Zechariah, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Apocalyptic Literature;   Ekron;   Micah, Book of;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Tyre, Tyrus;   Zechariah, Prophecy of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Tyre;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ty'rus;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Tyre;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Fortification;   Gold;   Heap;   Silver;   Zechariah, Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - City;   Tyre;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Tyre has built herself a fortress;she has heaped up silver like dustand gold like the dirt of the streets.
Hebrew Names Version
Tzor built herself a stronghold, And heaped up silver like the dust, And fine gold like the mire of the streets.
King James Version (1611)
And Tyrus did builde her selfe a strong hold, and heaped vp siluer as the dust, and fine golde as the myre of the streets.
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.
English Standard Version
Tyre has built herself a rampart and heaped up silver like dust, and fine gold like the mud of the streets.
New American Standard Bible
For Tyre built herself a fortress, And piled up silver like dust, And gold like the mud of the streets.
Amplified Bible
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.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For Tyrus did build her selfe a strong holde, and heaped vp siluer as the dust, and golde as the myre of the streetes.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
For Tyre built herself a fortress And piled up silver like dust, And gold like the mire of the streets.
Legacy Standard Bible
So Tyre built herself a tight fortificationAnd tied up silver like dustAnd fine gold like the mire of the streets.
Berean Standard Bible
Tyre has built herself a fortress; she has heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets.
Contemporary English Version
Tyre has built a fortress and piled up silver and gold, as though they were dust or mud from the streets.
Complete Jewish Bible
Tzor built herself a fortified tower, heaping up silver as if it were dust and fine gold as if it were mud in 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.
Easy-to-Read Version
Tyre is built like a fort. The people there have collected so much silver that it is like dust, and gold is as common as clay.
George Lamsa Translation
Tyre has built herself a stronghold and heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the mire of the streets.
Good News Translation
Tyre has built fortifications for herself and has piled up so much silver and gold that it is as common as dirt!
Lexham English Bible
Tyre has built a fortification for itself, and it heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the mud of the streets.
Literal Translation
And Tyre shall build a fortress for herself, and shall pile up silver like the dust, and gold like the mud 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.
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.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Tyre did build herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Tyrus shall make her selfe strong, heape vp siluer as the sand, and golde as the clay of the streetes.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Tyrus built strong-holds for herself, and heaped up silver as dust, and gathered gold as the mire of the ways.
English Revised Version
And Tyre did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up 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.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Tirus bildide his strengthing, and gaderide siluer as erthe, and gold as fen of stretis.
Update Bible Version
And Tyre built herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Tyre built herself a strong hold, and amassed silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
New English Translation
Tyre built herself a fortification and piled up silver like dust and gold like the mud of the streets!
New King James Version
For Tyre built herself a tower, Heaped up silver like the dust, And gold like the mire of the streets.
New Living Translation
Tyre has built a strong fortress and has made silver and gold as plentiful as dust in the streets!
New Life Bible
For Tyre built a strong tower for herself. She gathered silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets.
New Revised Standard
Tyre has built itself a rampart, and heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets.
J.B. Rotherham 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.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Tyre hath built herself a strong hold, and heaped together silver as earth, and gold as the mire of the streets.
Revised Standard Version
Tyre has built herself a rampart, and heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets.
Young's Literal Translation
And Tyre doth build a bulwark to herself, And doth heap silver as dust, And gold as mire of out-places.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Tyrus shal make hirself stronge, heape vp syluer as the sonde, and golde as the claye of the stretes.

Contextual Overview

1 This message is the word of the Lord . The message is against the land of Hadrach and the city of Damascus. The tribes of Israel and all people belong to the Lord . 2 The message is also against the city of Hamath, on the border, and against Tyre and Sidon, with their skill. 3 Tyre has built a strong wall for herself. She has piled up silver like dust and gold like the mud in the streets. 4 But the Lord will take away all she has and destroy her power on the sea. That city will be destroyed by fire. 5 The city of Ashkelon will see it and be afraid. The people of Gaza will shake with fear, and the people of Ekron will lose hope. No king will be left in Gaza, and no one will live in Ashkelon anymore. 6 Foreigners will live in Ashdod, and I will destroy the pride of the Philistines. 7 I will stop them from drinking blood and from eating forbidden food. Those left alive will belong to God. They will be leaders in Judah, and Ekron will become like the Jebusites. 8 I will protect my Temple from armies who would come or go. No one will hurt my people again, because now I am watching them.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

build: Joshua 19:29, 2 Samuel 24:7

heaped: 1 Kings 10:27, Job 22:24, Job 27:16, Isaiah 23:8, Ezekiel 27:33, Ezekiel 28:4, Ezekiel 28:5

Reciprocal: Job 3:15 - who filled their houses Isaiah 23:11 - strong holds Ezekiel 26:4 - destroy Ezekiel 26:12 - thy merchandise Ezekiel 27:34 - General Ezekiel 28:3 - thou art Matthew 11:22 - Tyre

Cross-References

Genesis 9:1
Then God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, "Have many children; grow in number and fill the earth.
Genesis 9:3
"Everything that moves, everything that is alive, is yours for food. Earlier I gave you the green plants, but now I give you everything for food.
Genesis 9:5
I will demand blood for life. I will demand the life of any animal that kills a person, and I will demand the life of anyone who takes another person's life.
Genesis 9:12
And God said, "This is the sign of the agreement between me and you and every living creature that is with you.
Genesis 9:14
When I bring clouds over the earth and a rainbow appears in them,
Genesis 9:15
I will remember my agreement between me and you and every living thing. Floods will never again destroy all life on the earth.
Genesis 9:21
When he drank wine made from his grapes, he became drunk and lay naked in his tent.
Genesis 9:22
Ham, the father of Canaan, looked at his naked father and told his brothers outside.
Genesis 9:25
he said, "May there be a curse on Canaan! May he be the lowest slave to his brothers."
Genesis 9:26
Noah also said, "May the Lord , the God of Shem, be praised! May Canaan be Shem's slave.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold,.... Tyre was built upon a rock, and was a strong fortress itself, from whence it had its name; and, besides its natural defence, it had a wall one hundred and fifty feet high, and its breadth was answerable to its height e; but yet, as it could not defend itself against Alexander the great, who took it; so neither against the Gospel of Christ, which found its way into it, and was mighty to pull down strong holds in a spiritual sense:

and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets; the riches of these cities, especially Tyre, are often made mention of; they were famous for their wealth, being places of great trade and merchandise; see Isaiah 23:2 all which were to be holiness to the Lord, and for the sufficient feeding and durable clothing of them that dwell before him, Isaiah 23:18 his ministers.

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And Tyre did build herself a stronghold - She built it for herself, not for God, and trusted to it, not to God, and so its strength brought her the greater fall. The words in Hebrew express yet more. “Tyre” (Zor) literally, “the rock,” “built herself mazor, tower,” a rock-like fort, as it were, a rock upon exceeding strength, binding her together. . “The walls, 150 feet high and of breadth proportionate, compacted of large stones, embedded in gypsum,” seemed to defy an enemy who could only approach her by sea. “In order to make the wall twice as strong they built a second wall ten cubits broad, leaving a space between of five cubits, which they filled with stones and earth.” Yet high walls do not fence in only; they also hem in. Mazor is both “a stronghold” and “a siege.” Wealth and strength, without God, do but invite and embitter the spoiler and the conqueror.”

And she heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets - “Though he heap up silver as the dust,” Job says, “The King” Job 27:16, Solomon, “made silver in Jerusalem as stones” 2 Chronicles 9:27. Through her manifold commerce she gathered to herself wealth, as abundant as the mire and the dust, and as valueless. “Gold and silver,” said a pagan, “are but red and white earth.” Its strength was its destruction. Tyre determined to resist Alexander, , “trusting in the strength of the island, and the stores which they had laid up,” the strength within and without, of which the prophet speaks.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Zechariah 9:3. And Tyrus did build herself — The rock on which Tyre was built was strongly fortified; and that she had abundance of riches has been already seen, Ezekiel 28:1, &c.


 
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