Isaiah 2:16

for all the large ships, ¹  for all the impressive ²  ships. ³ 

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for every trading ship and every stately vessel.

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Against all the ships of Tarshish And against all the beautiful craft.

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He will destroy the great trading ships and all the small boats in the harbor.

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Against ocean-going luxury liners, against elegant three-masted schooners.

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And on all the ships of Tarshish, and on all the fair boats.

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against all the ships of Tarshish, and against all the beautiful craft.

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Upon all the ships of Tarshish, And upon all the beautiful sloops.

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for all the large ships, ¹  for all the impressive ²  ships. ³ 

¹ tn Heb “the ships of Tarshish.” This probably refers to large ships either made in or capable of traveling to the distant western port of Tarshish.

² tn Heb “desirable”; NAB, NIV “stately”; NRSV “beautiful.”

³ tn On the meaning of this word, which appears only here in the Hebrew Bible, see H. R. Cohen, Biblical Hapax Legomena (SBLDS), 41-42.

³ sn The ships mentioned in this verse were the best of their class, and therefore an apt metaphor for the proud men being denounced in this speech.