Zechariah 9:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Tyre has built herself a fortress;she has heaped up silver like dust,and gold like the dirt of the streets.”
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“Tyre has built herself a fortress;she has heaped up silver like dust,and gold like the dirt of the streets.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And Tyre did build herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Tyre doth build a bulwark to herself, And doth heap silver as dust, And gold as mire of out-places.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Zechariah 9:3 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Joshua 19:29The border then turned back toward Ramah as far as the fortified city of Tyre, turned toward Hosah, and came out at the Sea in the region of Achzib,
- 2 Samuel 24:7They went toward the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites. Finally, they went on to the Negev of Judah, to Beersheba.
- 1 Kings 10:27The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.
- Job 3:15or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.
- Job 22:24and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,
- Job 27:16Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,
- Isaiah 23:8Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose traders are princes, whose merchants are renowned on the earth?
- Ezekiel 27:27Your wealth, wares, and merchandise, your sailors, captains, and shipwrights, your merchants and all the warriors within you, with all the other people on board, will sink into the heart of the sea on the day of your downfall.
- Ezekiel 27:33When your wares went out to sea, you satisfied many nations. You enriched the kings of the earth with your abundant wealth and merchandise.
- Ezekiel 28:1And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 28:4By your wisdom and understanding you have gained your wealth and amassed gold and silver for your treasuries.
- Amos 1:9This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Tyre, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they delivered up a whole congregation of exiles to Edom and broke a covenant of brotherhood.
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