Ezekiel 28:17

Ezekiel 28:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
• New International Version (NIV)Your heart became proud on account of your beauty, and you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor. So I threw you to the earth; I made a spectacle of you before kings.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Your heart was proud because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. I cast you to the ground; I exposed you before kings, to feast their eyes on you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; You corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor; I cast you to the ground, I laid you before kings, That they might gaze at you.

Context of Ezekiel 28:17

15From the day you were created you were blameless in your ways— until wickedness was found in you. 16By the vastness of your trade, you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mountain of God, and I banished you, O guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones. Your heart grew proud of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor; so I cast you to the earth; I made you a spectacle before kings. 18By the multitude of your iniquities and the dishonesty of your trading you have profaned your sanctuaries. So I made fire come from within you, and it consumed you. I reduced you to ashes on the ground in the eyes of all who saw you. 19All the nations who know you are appalled over you. You have come to a horrible end and will be no more.’”

Ezekiel 28:17 word by word

גָּבַ֤הּ לִבְּךָ֙ בְּיָפְיֶ֔ךָ שִׁחַ֥תָּ חָכְמָתְךָ֖ עַל־יִפְעָתֶ֑ךָ עַל־אֶ֣רֶץ הִשְׁלַכְתִּ֗יךָ לִפְנֵ֧י מְלָכִ֛ים נְתַתִּ֖יךָ לְרַ֥אֲוָה בָֽךְ׃Read the interlinear

• Your heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• grew proudגָּבַהּgâbahh · be highH1361
• of your beautyיֳפִיyŏphîy · beautyH3308
• you corruptedשָׁחַתshâchath · to ruinH7843
• your wisdomחׇכְמָהchokmâh · wisdomH2451
• becauseעַל‛al · uponH5921
• of your splendorיִפְעָהyiph‛âh · splendorH3314
• so I cast youשָׁלַךְshâlak · to throwH7993
• the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: soilH776
• I made youנָתַןnâthan · to give: throwH5414
• a spectacleרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• kingsמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428

Cross-references for Ezekiel 28:17

• Ezekiel 28:2“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god.
• Ezekiel 16:14Your fame spread among the nations on account of your beauty, for it was perfect in the splendor I bestowed on you, declares the Lord GOD.
• Ezekiel 31:10Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Since it became great in height and set its top among the clouds, and it grew proud on account of its height,
• Proverbs 11:2When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.
• Proverbs 16:18Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
• Luke 14:11For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
• James 4:6But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
• Isaiah 19:11The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?
• Jeremiah 8:9The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and trapped. Since they have rejected the word of the LORD, what wisdom do they really have?
• Romans 1:22Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,
• 1 Corinthians 1:19For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”
• Job 40:11Unleash the fury of your wrath; look on every proud man and bring him low.
• Psalms 73:18Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
• Psalms 147:6The LORD sustains the humble, but casts the wicked to the ground.
• Ezekiel 16:41Then they will burn down your houses and execute judgment against you in the sight of many women. I will put an end to your prostitution, and you will never again pay your lovers.
• Ezekiel 23:48So I will put an end to indecency in the land, and all the women will be admonished not to imitate your behavior.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 28:17

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11-19Verses 11-19 The dirge of the prince of Tyre, answering to the dirge of the state. The passage is ironical; its main purpose is to depict all the glory, real or assumed, of “the prince of Tyrus,” in order to show how deplorable should be his ruin. Ezekiel 28:12 To “seal the sum” is to make up the whole measure of perfection. Compare the Septuagint Ezekiel 28:13 Thou hast been in Eden - “Thou” wast etc. The prince of Tyrus is ironically described as the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15-18This sarcastic description of the prince of Tyre's greatness and pride sets him up for his fall, similar to the fall of humanity (Genesis 3). Like Adam, the king of Tyre's supposedly blameless state was temporary and ended abruptly when evil was found in him. His wealth and dishonest trade led him to violence (compare Ezekiel 26:17). Someone who claimed to be greater than Adam could experience a similar fall from favor and be banished from the mountain of…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. brightness--thy splendor. lay thee before kings--as an example of God's wrath against presumptuous pride.Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 28:17

• Beauty
• Lamentations
• Pride
• Tyre

In the dictionaries

• Confidence
• Defile
• Tyre
• Ezekiel
• Isaiah
• Phoenicia; Phoenicians
• Nebuchadnezzar, or Nebuchadrezzar

Commentaries on Ezekiel 28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings