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Isaiah 23:16
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KJ21
“Take a harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.”
ASV
Take a harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.
AMP
Take a harp, walk around the city, O forgotten prostitute; Play the strings skillfully, sing many songs, That you may be remembered.
AMPC
Take a harp, go about the city, forgotten harlot; play skillfully and make sweet melody, sing many songs, that you may be remembered.
BRG
Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.
CSB
Pick up your lyre, stroll through the city, you forgotten prostitute. Play skillfully, sing many a song so that you will be remembered.
CSBA
Pick up your lyre, stroll through the city, you forgotten prostitute. Play skilfully, sing many a song so that you will be remembered.
CEB
Take a harp, go around the city, forgotten prostitute. Play well, sing many songs, so they’ll remember you.
CJB
“Take a lyre, walk the city, you poor, forgotten whore! Play sweetly, sing all your songs, so that they will remember you!”
CEV
You're gone and forgotten, you evil woman! So strut through the town, singing and playing your favorite tune to be remembered again.
DARBY
Take a harp, go about the city, thou forgotten harlot! Make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.
DRA
Take a harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten: sing well, sing many a song, that thou mayst be remembered.
ERV
“Oh, woman who men forgot, take your harp and walk through the city. Play your song well and sing it often. Maybe someone will remember you.”
EASY
‘Prostitute that people have forgotten, walk about the city with your harp. Play it well. Sing many songs. Then people will remember you again.’
EHV
Pick up a lyre. Go through the city, you forgotten prostitute. Play skillfully. Sing many songs, so that you might be remembered once again.
ESV
“Take a harp; go about the city, O forgotten prostitute! Make sweet melody; sing many songs, that you may be remembered.”
ESVUK
“Take a harp; go about the city, O forgotten prostitute! Make sweet melody; sing many songs, that you may be remembered.”
EXB
“Oh ·woman [prostitute; harlot], you are forgotten. Take your harp and walk through the city. Play your harp well. Sing ·your song often [many songs]. Then people will remember you.”
GNV
Take an harp and go about the city (thou harlot that hast been forgotten) make sweet melody, sing more songs that thou mayest be remembered.
GW
“Take your lyre. Go around in the city, you forgotten prostitute. Make sweet music. Sing many songs so that you’ll be remembered.”
GNT
Take your harp, go round the town, you poor forgotten whore! Play and sing your songs again to bring men back once more.
HCSB
Pick up your lyre, stroll through the city, prostitute forgotten by men. Play skillfully, sing many a song, and you will be thought of again.
ICB
“Oh woman, you are forgotten. Take your harp and walk through the city. Play your harp well. Sing your song often. Then people will remember you.”
ISV
“Take a harp; walk around the city, you forgotten whore! Make sweet melody; sing many songs, and perhaps you’ll be remembered.”
JUB
Take a harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing the song again that thou may be remembered.
KJV
Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.
AKJV
Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.
LSB
Take your harp, walk about the city, O forgotten harlot; Pluck the strings skillfully, sing many songs, That you may be remembered.
LEB
“Take a harp, go around the city, forgotten prostitute! Do it well, playing a stringed instrument! Make numerous songs, that you may be remembered.”
TLB
For seventy years Tyre will be forgotten. Then, in the days of another king, the city will come back to life again; she will sing sweet songs as a harlot sings who, long absent from her lovers, walks the streets to look for them again and is remembered.
MSG
For the next seventy years, a king’s lifetime, Tyre will be forgotten. At the end of the seventy years, Tyre will stage a comeback, but it will be the comeback of a worn-out whore, as in the song: “Take a harp, circle the city, unremembered whore. Sing your old songs, your many old songs. Maybe someone will remember.”
MEV
Take your harp, go about the city, O forgotten harlot; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that you may be remembered.
NOG
“Take your lyre. Go around in the city, you forgotten prostitute. Make sweet music. Sing many songs so that you’ll be remembered.”
NABRE
Take a harp, go about the city, forgotten prostitute; Pluck the strings skillfully, sing many songs, that you may be remembered.
NASB
Take your harp, wander around the city, You forgotten prostitute; Pluck the strings skillfully, sing many songs, That you may be remembered.
NASB1995
Take your harp, walk about the city, O forgotten harlot; Pluck the strings skillfully, sing many songs, That you may be remembered.
NCB
Take your harp and walk throughout the city, you long-forgotten prostitute. Pluck your strings sweetly and sing many songs so that they may remember you.
NCV
“Oh woman, you are forgotten. Take your harp and walk through the city. Play your harp well. Sing your song often. Then people will remember you.”
NET
“Take the harp, go through the city, forgotten prostitute! Play it well, play lots of songs, so you’ll be noticed.”
NIRV
“Forgotten prostitute, pick up a harp. Walk through the city. Play the harp well. Sing many songs. Then you will be remembered.”
NIV
“Take up a harp, walk through the city, you forgotten prostitute; play the harp well, sing many a song, so that you will be remembered.”
NIVUK
‘Take up a harp, walk through the city, you forgotten prostitute; play the harp well, sing many a song, so that you will be remembered.’
NKJV
“Take a harp, go about the city, You forgotten harlot; Make sweet melody, sing many songs, That you may be remembered.”
NLV
“Take your harp and walk through the city, O forgotten woman who sells the use of her body. Play the strings well. Sing many songs, that you may be remembered.”
NLT
Take a harp and walk the streets, you forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody and sing your songs so you will be remembered again.
NRSVA
Take a harp, go about the city, you forgotten prostitute! Make sweet melody, sing many songs, that you may be remembered.
NRSVACE
Take a harp, go about the city, you forgotten prostitute! Make sweet melody, sing many songs, that you may be remembered.
NRSVCE
Take a harp, go about the city, you forgotten prostitute! Make sweet melody, sing many songs, that you may be remembered.
NRSVUE
Take a harp; go about the city, you forgotten prostitute! Make sweet melody; sing many songs, that you may be remembered.
OJB
Take a kinnor, go about the Ir, thou zonah that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many shir, that thou mayest be remembered.
RGT
“Take a harp and go around the city, you harlot who has been forgotten. Make sweet melody, sing more songs, so that you may be remembered.”
RSV
“Take a harp, go about the city, O forgotten harlot! Make sweet melody, sing many songs, that you may be remembered.”
RSVCE
“Take a harp, go about the city, O forgotten harlot! Make sweet melody, sing many songs, that you may be remembered.”
TLV
“Take a harp, stroll about the city, forgotten harlot! Skillfully play many songs, so you may be remembered.”
VOICE
“O forgotten woman, yesterday’s prostitute, take up a harp, and walk about the city. Play it well, and sing your melodies, so you will be remembered.”
WEB
Take a harp; go about the city, you prostitute that has been forgotten. Make sweet melody. Sing many songs, that you may be remembered.
WYC
Thou whore, given to forgetting, take an harp, compass the city; sing thou well, use thou oft a song, that mind be of thee. (O whore, now forgotten, take up a harp, and go around the city; sing thou well a song, and sing thou it often, so that thou will be remembered again.)
YLT
Take a harp, go round the city, O forgotten harlot, play well, Multiply song that thou mayest be remembered.
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