And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.
Parallel translations
- WEB The daughter of Tyre comes with a gift. The rich among the people entreat your favor.
- BSB The Daughter of Tyre will come with a gift; men of wealth will seek your favor.
- 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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- Ps 22:29All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.
- Isa 60:3And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
- Isa 49:23And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
- Isa 23:17–18And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.
- Matt 2:11And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
- Isa 60:10–11And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.
- Ps 72:10The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
- Ps 68:29Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee.
- Acts 21:3–6Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to unlade her burden.
- Isa 60:6–7The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD.
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