Isaiah 23:7
Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.
† Is this your ioyous citie, whose antiquitie is of ancient dayes? her owne feete shall cary her afarre off to soiourne.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHeb. from afarre off.
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- Isaiah 22:2Rank 1 from verse 7
- Ecclesiastes 10:7Rank 2 from verse 7
- Isaiah 32:13Rank 3 from verse 7
- Isaiah 47:1–2Rank 4 from verse 7
1COME down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
2Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.
1¶ Come downe and sit in the dust: O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Caldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
2Take the milstones and grinde meale, vncouer thy lockes: make bare the legge: vncouer the thigh, passe ouer the riuers.
- Joshua 19:29Rank 5 from verse 7
29And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib:
29And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong citie †Tyre, and the coast turneth to Hosah: and the outgoings thereof are at the Sea from the coast to Achzib.
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Isaiah 23:7
The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.
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Glad; gay; merry; joyful.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Ancient age or long existence.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
1. Belonging to very early or former times; very old or long established. 2. An aged or senior person. 3. As part of the title Ancient of days, the one enthroned in judgment.
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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
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To bear, convey, support, lead, or transport from one place to another.
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Sense 1: At or from a great distance. Sense 2: Figuratively, remote, estranged, or absent.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
To dwell, lodge, or live temporarily in a place as a stranger, traveller, foreigner, guest, or resident without permanent possession.
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6Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle.
6Passe ye ouer to Tarshish, howle ye inhabitants of the yle.
7Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.
7† Is this your ioyous citie, whose antiquitie is of ancient dayes? her owne feete shall cary her afarre off to soiourne.
Selected passage8Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?
8Who hath taken this counsell against Tyre the crowning citie, whose merchants are princes, whose traffiquers are the honourable of the earth?