Ésaïe 23:8

Louis Segond

Qui a pris cette résolution contre Tyr, la dispensatrice des couronnes, Elle dont les marchands étaient des princes, Dont les commerçants étaient les plus riches de la terre?

Parallel Translations

La Bible David Martin (1744)
Qui a pris ce conseil contre Tyr, laquelle couronne [les siens], de laquelle les marchands sont des Princes, et dont les facteurs sont les plus honorables de la terre?

La Bible Ostervald (1996)
Qui a résolu ces choses contre Tyr, la distributrice de couronnes, dont les marchands étaient des princes, dont les trafiquants étaient les grands de la terre?

Darby's French Translation
Qui a pris ce conseil à l'égard de Tyr, distributrice de couronnes, dont les négociants étaient des princes, dont les marchands étaient les nobles de la terre?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Who hath: Deuteronomy 29:24-28, Jeremiah 50:44, Jeremiah 50:45, Revelation 18:8

the crowning: Ezekiel 28:2-6, Ezekiel 28:12-18

merchants: Isaiah 10:8, Isaiah 36:9

Reciprocal: Genesis 34:19 - honourable Psalms 107:40 - poureth Isaiah 23:3 - she is Ezekiel 26:12 - thy merchandise Ezekiel 26:17 - strong Ezekiel 27:3 - a merchant Ezekiel 28:5 - and by Ezekiel 28:7 - I will Zechariah 9:3 - heaped Revelation 18:18 - What Revelation 18:23 - thy merchants

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning [city],.... Which had a king over it, to whom it gave a crown; and which crowned its inhabitants with riches and plenty, and even enriched the kings of the earth, Ezekiel 27:33 this is said as wondering who could lay a scheme to destroy such a city, or ever think of succeeding in it; who could take it into his head, or how could it enter into his heart, or who could have a heart to go about it, and still less power to effect the ruin of such a city, which was the queen of cities, and gave laws and crowns, riches and wealth, to others; surely no mere mortal could be concerned in this; see Revelation 13:3:

whose merchants [are] princes; either really such, for even princes and kings of the earth traded with her, Ezekiel 27:21 or they were as rich as princes in other countries were:

whose traffickers [are] the honourable of the earth; made rich by trafficking with her, and so attained great honour and glory in the world; see Revelation 18:3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Who hath taken this counsel? - To whom is this to be traced? Is this the work of man, or is it the plan of God? - questions which would naturally arise at the contemplation of the ruin of a city so ancient and so magnificent. The object of this question is to trace it all to God; and this perhaps indicates the scope of the prophecy - to show that God reigns, and does all his pleasure ever cities and kingdoms.

The crowning city - The distributer of crowns; or the city from which dependent towns, provinces, and kingdoms had arisen. Many colonies and cities had been founded by Tyre. Tartessus in Spain, Citium in Cyprus, Carthage in Africa, and probably many other places were Phenician colonies, and derived their origin from Tyre, and were still its tributaries and dependants (compare Ezekiel 27:33).

Whose merchants are princes - Princes trade with thee; and thus acknowledge their dependence on thee. Or, thy merchants are splendid, gorgeous, and magnificent like princes. The former, however, is probably the meaning.

Whose traffickers - (כנעניה kı̂n^e‛âneyhâ, Canaanites). As the ancient inhabitants of Canaan were “traffickers or merchants,” the word came to denote merchants in general (see Job 41:6; Ezekiel 17:4; Hosea 12:7; Zephaniah 1:1 l). So the word Chaldean came to mean astrologers, because they were celebrated for astrology.