Isaias 23:3
The seed of the Nile in many waters, the harvest of the river is her revenue: and she is become the mart of the nations.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- In aquis multis semen Nili ; messis fluminis fruges ejus : et facta est negotiatio gentium.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἐν ὕδατι πολλῷ, σπέρμα μεταβόλων; ὡς ἀμητοῦ εἰσφερομένου οἱ μεταβόλοι τῶν ἐθνῶν.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וּבְמַ֤יִם רַבִּים֙ זֶ֣רַע שִׁחֹ֔ר קְצִ֥יר יְא֖וֹר תְּבֽוּאָתָ֑הּ וַתְּהִ֖י סְחַ֥ר גּוֹיִֽם
Haydock's commentary
Nile. Hebrew Shichor, or "muddy water," designates that river, Josue xiii. 3.
River. The overflowing of the Nile gave fertility to Egypt, insomuch that Tyre and other nations were supplied by it with corn.
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.