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Ezekiel 28:5
5By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, and because of your wealth your heart has grown proud.
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:
- 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),”
- New Living Translation (NLT)Yes, your wisdom has made you very rich, and your riches have made you very proud.
Context of Ezekiel 28:5
3Are you wiser than Daniel? Is no secret hidden from you? 4By your wisdom and understanding you have gained wealth for yourself and amassed gold and silver in your treasuries. By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, and because of your wealth your heart has grown proud. 6“ ‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “ ‘Because you think you are wise, as wise as a god, 7I am going to bring foreigners against you, the most ruthless of nations; they will draw their swords against your beauty and wisdom and pierce your shining 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 wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for them.
- Isaiah 5:21Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.
- Romans 12:16Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited.
- Ezekiel 27:12“ ‘Tarshish did business with you because of your great wealth of goods; they exchanged silver, iron, tin and lead for your merchandise.
- Psalms 62:10Do not trust in extortion or put vain hope in stolen goods; though your riches increase, do not set your heart on them.
- Isaiah 23:3On the great waters came the grain of the Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre, and she became the marketplace of the nations.
- Hosea 12:7The merchant uses dishonest scales and loves to defraud.
- Zechariah 9:3Tyre has built herself a stronghold; she has heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets.
- James 4:13Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.”
- Ezekiel 28:2“Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “ ‘In the pride of your heart you say, “I am a god; I sit on the throne of a god in the heart of the seas.” But you are a mere mortal and not a god, though you think you are as wise as a god.
- Ezekiel 16:49“ ‘Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy.
- Deuteronomy 6:11houses filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant—then when you eat and are satisfied,
- Deuteronomy 8:13and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all you have is multiplied,
- 2 Chronicles 25:19You say to yourself that you have defeated Edom, and now you are arrogant and proud. But stay at home! Why ask for trouble and cause your own downfall and that of Judah also?”
- 2 Chronicles 32:23Many brought offerings to Jerusalem for the Lord and valuable gifts for Hezekiah king of Judah. From then on he was highly regarded by all the nations.
- Job 31:24“If I have put my trust in gold or said to pure gold, ‘You are my security,’
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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