Christian Standard Bible
Ezekiel 28:5
5By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, but your heart has become proud because of your wealth.
Ezekiel 28:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:
- New International Version (NIV)By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, and because of your wealth your heart has grown proud.
- English Standard Version (ESV)by your great wisdom in your trade you have increased your wealth, and your heart has become proud in your wealth—
- New King James Version (NKJV)By your great wisdom in trade you have increased your riches, And your heart is lifted up because of your riches),”
Context of Ezekiel 28:5
3Yes, you are wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you! 4By your wisdom and understanding you have acquired wealth for yourself. You have acquired gold and silver for your treasuries. By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, but your heart has become proud because of your wealth. 6“‘Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: Because you regard your heart as that of a god, 7I am about to bring strangers against you, ruthless men from the nations. They will draw their swords against your magnificent wisdom and will pierce your splendor.
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בְּרֹ֧ב חָכְמָתְךָ֛ בִּרְכֻלָּתְךָ֖ הִרְבִּ֣יתָ חֵילֶ֑ךָ וַיִּגְבַּ֥הּ לְבָבְךָ֖ בְּחֵילֶֽךָ׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 28:5
- Proverbs 26:12Do you see a person who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
- Isaiah 5:21Woe to those who consider themselves wise and judge themselves clever.
- Romans 12:16Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud; instead, associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own estimation.
- Ezekiel 27:12“‘Tarshish was your trading partner because of your abundant wealth of every kind. They exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your merchandise.
- Psalms 62:10Place no trust in oppression or false hope in robbery. If wealth increases, don’t set your heart on it.
- Isaiah 23:3over deep water. Tyre’s revenue was the grain from Shihor — the harvest of the Nile. She was the merchant among the nations.
- Hosea 12:7A merchant loves to extort with dishonest scales in his hands.
- Zechariah 9:3Tyre has built herself a fortress; she has heaped up silver like dust and gold like the dirt of the streets.
- James 4:13Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will travel to such and such a city and spend a year there and do business and make a profit.”
- Ezekiel 28:2“Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, ‘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 16:49Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters had pride, plenty of food, and comfortable security, but didn’t support the poor and needy.
- Deuteronomy 6:11houses full of every good thing that you did not fill them with, cisterns that you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant — and when you eat and are satisfied,
- Deuteronomy 8:13and your herds and flocks grow large, and your silver and gold multiply, and everything else you have increases,
- 2 Chronicles 25:19You have said, ‘Look, I have defeated Edom,’ and you have become overconfident that you will get glory. Now stay at home. Why stir up such trouble so that you fall and Judah with you?”
- 2 Chronicles 32:23Many were bringing an offering to the Lord to Jerusalem and valuable gifts to King Hezekiah of Judah, and he was exalted in the eyes of all the nations after that.
- Job 31:24If I placed my confidence in gold or called fine gold my trust,
Commentaries on Ezekiel 28:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5By thy great wisdom - He attributed every thing to himself; he did not acknowledge a Divine providence. As he got all by himself, so he believed he could keep all by himself, and had no need of any foreign help.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-10Verses 1-10 The prophecy against the prince of Tyre. Throughout the east the majesty and glory of a people were collected in the person of their monarch, who in some nations was worshipped as a god. The prince is here the embodiment of the community. Their glory is his glory, their pride his pride. The doom of Tyre could not be complete without denunciation of the prince of Tyre. Idolatrous nations and idolatrous kings were, in the eyes of the prophet…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-5The prince of Tyre claimed to be divine because of his wisdom and his wealth. He believed that his wisdom had made him very rich. His riches then made him extremely proud. His pride grew out of his success and wealth.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. (Psa 62:10).Read the comment
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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
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