The daughter of Tyre will come with a gift; The wealthy among the people 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.
- 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.
- 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 the rich ones of the earth shall eat and worship. All those who go down to the dust shall bow before him, even he who can’t keep his soul alive.
- Isa 60:3Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.
- Isa 49:23Kings shall be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow down to you with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of your feet; Then you will know that I am Yahweh; and those who wait for me shall not be disappointed.”
- Isa 23:17–18It will happen after the end of seventy years that Yahweh will visit Tyre, and she shall return to her wages, and will play the prostitute with all the kingdoms of the world on the surface of the earth.
- Matt 2:11They came into the house and saw the young child with Mary, his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Opening their treasures, they offered to him gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
- Isa 60:10–11“Foreigners will build up your walls, and their kings will serve you: for in my wrath I struck you, but in my favor I have had mercy on you.
- Ps 72:10The kings of Tarshish and of the islands will bring tribute. The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
- Ps 68:29Because of your temple at Jerusalem, kings shall bring presents to you.
- Acts 21:3–6When we had come in sight of Cyprus, leaving it on the left hand, we sailed to Syria, and landed at Tyre, for there the ship was to unload her cargo.
- Isa 60:6–7A multitude of camels will cover you, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah. All from Sheba will come. They will bring gold and frankincense, and will proclaim the praises of Yahweh.
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