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Berean Standard Bible

““Take up your harp, stroll through the city, O forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody, sing many a song, so you will be remembered.””

Isaiah 23:16

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

“Take up your harp, stroll through the city, O forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody, sing many a song, so you will be remembered.”

World English Bible (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.

King James Version (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.

American Standard Version (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.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Take an instrument of music, go about the town, O loose woman who has gone out from the memory of man; make sweet melody with songs, so that you may come back to men's minds.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Toma arpa, y rodea la ciudad, oh ramera olvidada: haz buena melodía, reitera la canción, porque tornes en memoria.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Setenta años yacerá Tiro en el olvido. Luego en los días de otro rey, la ciudad resucitará. Entonará dulces cantos como la ramera que después de largo tiempo ausente de sus amantes, vuelve a recorrer las calles en su busca y ellos la recuerdan.

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