The Daughter of Tyre will come with a gift; men of wealth will seek your favor.
Parallel translations
- WEB The daughter of Tyre comes with a gift. The rich among the people entreat your favor.
- KJV And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.
- NKJV And the daughter of Tyre will come with a gift; The rich among the people will seek your favor.
- NASB The daughter of Tyre will come with a gift; The wealthy among the people will seek your favor.
- NLT The princess of Tyre will shower you with gifts. The wealthy will beg your favor.
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Quick answer
Tyre and the wealthy bring gifts and seek the king's favor. It matters because nations honoring the king foreshadow the homage owed to Christ.
Overview
Wealthy peoples, represented by Tyre, come bearing tribute and seeking favor at the royal wedding. This signals the king's wide-reaching honor and influence. It anticipates the day when the nations bring their glory to Christ the King, before whom every people will seek His favor.
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Cross-references · 10
- Ps 22:29All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before Him—even those unable to preserve their lives.
- Isa 60:3Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.
- Isa 49:23Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.”
- Isa 23:17–18And at the end of seventy years, the LORD will restore Tyre. Then she will return to hire as a prostitute and sell herself to all the kingdoms on the face of the earth.
- Matt 2:11On coming to the house, they saw the Child with His mother Mary, and they fell down and worshiped Him. Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh.
- Isa 60:10–11Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Although I struck you in anger, yet in favor I will show you mercy.
- Ps 72:10May the kings of Tarshish and distant shores bring tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.
- Ps 68:29Because of Your temple at Jerusalem kings will bring You gifts.
- Acts 21:3–6After sighting Cyprus and passing south of it, we sailed on to Syria and landed at Tyre, where the ship was to unload its cargo.
- Isa 60:6–7Caravans of camels will cover your land, young camels of Midian and Ephah, and all from Sheba will come, bearing gold and frankincense and proclaiming the praises of the LORD.
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