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

15You were blameless in your ways From the day you were created Until unrighteousness was found in you. 16By the abundance of your trade You were internally filled with violence, And you sinned; Therefore I have cast you as profane From the mountain of God. And I have destroyed you, O covering cherub, From the midst of the stones of fire. Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; You corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor. I cast you to the ground; I put you before kings, That they may see you. 18By the multitude of your iniquities, In the unrighteousness of your trade You profaned your sanctuaries. Therefore I have brought fire from the midst of you; It has consumed you, And I have turned you to ashes on the earth In the eyes of all who see you. 19All who know you among the peoples Are appalled at you; You have become terrified And you will cease to be forever.”’”

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
• beautyיֳפִיyŏphîy · beautyH3308
• corruptedשָׁחַתshâchath · to ruinH7843
• your wisdomחׇכְמָהchokmâh · wisdomH2451
• by reasonעַל‛al · uponH5921
• of your splendorיִפְעָהyiph‛âh · splendorH3314
• I castשָׁלַךְshâlak · to throwH7993
• you to the groundאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: soilH776
• I putנָתַןnâthan · to give: throwH5414
• you beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• kingsמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• That they may seeרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200

Cross-references for Ezekiel 28:17

• Ezekiel 28:2“Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Because your heart is lifted up And you have said, ‘I am a god, I sit in the seat of gods In the heart of the seas’; Yet you are a man and not God, Although you make your heart like the heart of God--
• Ezekiel 16:14Then your fame went forth among the nations on account of your beauty, for it was perfect because of My splendor which I bestowed on you,” declares the Lord God.
• Ezekiel 31:10‘Therefore thus says the Lord God, “Because it is high in stature and has set its top among the clouds, and its heart is haughty in its loftiness,
• Proverbs 11:2When pride comes, then comes dishonor, But with the humble is wisdom.
• Proverbs 16:18Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before stumbling.
• Luke 14:11For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
• James 4:6But He gives a greater grace. Therefore it says, “God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
• Isaiah 19:11The princes of Zoan are mere fools; The advice of Pharaoh’s wisest advisers has become stupid. How can you men say to Pharaoh, “I am a son of the wise, a son of ancient kings”?
• Jeremiah 8:9The wise men are put to shame, They are dismayed and caught; Behold, they have rejected the word of the Lord, And what kind of wisdom do they have?
• Romans 1:22Professing to be wise, they became fools,
• 1 Corinthians 1:19For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the cleverness of the clever I will set aside.”
• Job 40:11Pour out the overflowings of your anger, And look on everyone who is proud, and make him low.
• Psalms 73:18Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down to destruction.
• Psalms 147:6The Lord supports the afflicted; He brings down the wicked to the ground.
• Ezekiel 16:41They will burn your houses with fire and execute judgments on you in the sight of many women. Then I will stop you from playing the harlot, and you will also no longer pay your lovers.
• Ezekiel 23:48Thus I will make lewdness cease from the land, that all women may be admonished and not commit lewdness as you have done.

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