Ezekiel 28:4

Ezekiel 28:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:
• New International Version (NIV)By your wisdom and understanding you have gained wealth for yourself and amassed gold and silver in your treasuries.
• English Standard Version (ESV)by your wisdom and your understanding you have made wealth for yourself, and have gathered gold and silver into your treasuries;
• New King James Version (NKJV)With your wisdom and your understanding You have gained riches for yourself, And gathered gold and silver into your treasuries;

Context of Ezekiel 28:4

2“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre, ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: In your arrogance you say, “I’m a god. I sit on God’s throne in the sea.” But you’re only human and not a god, although you think you are a god. 3You think that you are wiser than Daniel and that no secret can be hidden from you. Because you are wise and understanding, you’ve made yourself rich. You saved gold and silver in your treasuries. 5Because of your great skill in trading, you’ve made yourself very wealthy. You have become arrogant because of your wealth. 6“ ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: You think you are wise like God.

Ezekiel 28:4 word by word

בְּחָכְמָֽתְךָ֙ וּבִתְבוּנָ֣תְךָ֔ עָשִׂ֥יתָ לְּךָ֖ חָ֑יִל וַתַּ֛עַשׂ זָהָ֥ב וָכֶ֖סֶף בְּאוֹצְרוֹתֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• With thy wisdomחׇכְמָהchokmâh · wisdomH2451
• and with thine understandingתְּבוּנָהtâbûn tebûnâh tôbûnâh · understandingH8394
• thou hast gottenעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• thee richesחַ֫יִלchayil · strength: richH2428
• and hast gottenעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: offerH6213
• goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091
• and silverכֶּ֫סֶףkeseph · silver: moneyH3701
• into thy treasuresאוֹצָר'ôtsâr · treasureH214

Cross-references for Ezekiel 28:4

• Ezekiel 29:3Tell him, ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: I’m against you, Pharaoh, king of Egypt. You are like a monster crocodile lying in the Nile River. You say, “The Nile River is mine. I made it for myself.”
• Deuteronomy 8:17You may say to yourselves, “I became wealthy because of my own ability and strength.”
• Proverbs 18:11A rich person’s wealth is his strong city and is like a high wall in his imagination.
• Proverbs 23:4Do not wear yourself out getting rich. Be smart enough to stop.
• Ecclesiastes 9:11I saw something else under the sun. The race isn’t ⌞won⌟ by fast runners, or the battle by heroes. Wise people don’t necessarily have food. Intelligent people don’t necessarily have riches, and skilled people don’t necessarily receive special treatment. But time and unpredictable events overtake all of them.
• Habakkuk 1:16That is why they sacrifice to their nets and burn incense to their dragnets. They are rich and well fed because of them.
• Zechariah 9:2and also Hamath, which borders on it, and Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise. (The eyes of humanity and of all the tribes of Israel are on the Lord.)

Commentaries on Ezekiel 28:4

• 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. 1-262. Because, &c.--repeated resumptively in Eze 28:6. The apodosis begins at Eze 28:7. "The prince of Tyrus" at the time was Ithobal, or Ithbaal II; the name implying his close connection with Baal, the Phoenician supreme god, whose representative he was. I am a god, I sit in ... seat of God ... the seas--As God sits enthroned in His heavenly citadel exempt from all injury, so I sit secure in my impregnable stronghold amidst the stormiest elements, able to…Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 28:4

• Gold
• Irony
• Money
• Pride
• Tyre

In the dictionaries

• Confidence
• Defile
• Tyre
• Gold
• Isaiah
• Wisdom
• 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