King James Version

Isaiah 2:16

And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.

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וְעַ֖לvealand aboveעַלconjunction, preposition — “and above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).אֳנִיּ֣וֹתoniotshipאֳנִיָּהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “ship”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH591a shipship(-men).תַּרְשִׁ֑ישׁtarshishTarshishתַּרְשִׁישׁnoun, proper name — “Tarshish”H8659Tarshish, a place on the Mediterranean, hence, the ephithet of a merchant vessel (as if for or from that port); also the name of a Persian and of an IsraeliteTarshish, Tharshish.וְעַ֖לvealand aboveעַלconjunction, preposition — “and above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).שְׂכִיּ֥וֹתsekhiotpictureשְׂכִיָּהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “picture”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7914a conspicuous objectpicture.הַחֶמְדָּֽהhachemdahthe desireחֶמְדָּהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the desire”, the ordinary formH2532delightdesire, goodly, pleasant, precious.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all delightful imagery.

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American Standard Version (1901)

and upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant imagery.

Young’s Literal Translation

And for all ships of Tarshish, And for all desirable pictures.

World English Bible

for all the ships of Tarshish, and for all pleasant imagery.

Darby Translation

and upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant works of art.

Douay-Rheims

And upon all the ships of Tharsis, and upon all that is fair to behold.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all delightful imagery.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and upon every ship of the sea, and upon every display of fine ships.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶν πλοῖον θαλάσσης, καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶσαν θέαν πλοίων κάλλους.