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The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
Psalms 72:10 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB The kings of Tarshish and of the islands will bring tribute. The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
  • BSB May the kings of Tarshish and distant shores bring tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.
  • NKJV The kings of Tarshish and of the isles Will bring presents; The kings of Sheba and Seba Will offer gifts.
  • NASB May the kings of Tarshish and of the islands bring gifts; May the kings of Sheba and Seba offer tributes.
  • NLT The western kings of Tarshish and other distant lands will bring him tribute. The eastern kings of Sheba and Seba will bring him gifts.

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Quick answer

Distant kings of Tarshish, the islands, Sheba, and Seba will bring tribute and gifts to the king.

Overview

Foreign rulers from the far reaches of the known world come bearing homage. Their gifts acknowledge the king's God-given supremacy. This foreshadows the nations honoring the Messiah, echoed in the magi who brought gifts to the infant Christ (Matthew 2:11; Isaiah 60:6).

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 16

  • Isa 60:6The 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.
  • Ps 68:29Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee.
  • Isa 49:7Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.
  • Ps 45:12And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.
  • 1 Kgs 10:1And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions.
  • 2 Chr 9:21For the king’s ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
  • Isa 60:9Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.
  • Gen 10:7And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
  • Isa 43:3For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
  • 1 Kgs 10:10And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
  • 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 42:10Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.
  • Isa 60:3And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
  • 1 Kgs 10:25And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
  • Isa 43:6I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;
  • Isa 42:4He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.

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Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 72:10 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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