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Ezekiel 28:5
5Yes, your wisdom has made you very rich, and your riches have made you very 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:
- 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
3You regard yourself as wiser than Daniel and think no secret is hidden from you. 4With your wisdom and understanding you have amassed great wealth— gold and silver for your treasuries. Yes, your wisdom has made you very rich, and your riches have made you very proud. 6“Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because you think you are as wise as a god, 7I will now bring against you a foreign army, the terror of the nations. They will draw their swords against your marvelous wisdom and defile 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 26:12There is more hope for fools than for people who think they are wise.
- Isaiah 5:21What sorrow for those who are wise in their own eyes and think themselves so clever.
- Romans 12:16Live in harmony with each other. Don’t be too proud to enjoy the company of ordinary people. And don’t think you know it all!
- Ezekiel 27:12“Tarshish sent merchants to buy your wares in exchange for silver, iron, tin, and lead.
- Psalms 62:10Don’t make your living by extortion or put your hope in stealing. And if your wealth increases, don’t make it the center of your life.
- Isaiah 23:3sailing over deep waters. They brought you grain from Egypt and harvests from along the Nile. You were the marketplace of the world.
- Hosea 12:7But no, the people are like crafty merchants selling from dishonest scales— they love to cheat.
- Zechariah 9:3Tyre has built a strong fortress and has made silver and gold as plentiful as dust in the streets!
- James 4:13Look here, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we are going to a certain town and will stay there a year. We will do business there and make a profit.”
- Ezekiel 28:2“Son of man, give the prince of Tyre this message from the Sovereign Lord: “In your great pride you claim, ‘I am a god! I sit on a divine throne in the heart of the sea.’ But you are only a man and not a god, though you boast that you are a god.
- Ezekiel 16:49Sodom’s sins were pride, gluttony, and laziness, while the poor and needy suffered outside her door.
- Deuteronomy 6:11The houses will be richly stocked with goods you did not produce. You will draw water from cisterns you did not dig, and you will eat from vineyards and olive trees you did not plant. When you have eaten your fill in this land,
- Deuteronomy 8:13and when your flocks and herds have become very large and your silver and gold have multiplied along with everything else, be careful!
- 2 Chronicles 25:19“You are saying, ‘I have defeated Edom,’ and you are very proud of it. But my advice is to stay at home. Why stir up trouble that will only bring disaster on you and the people of Judah?”
- 2 Chronicles 32:23From then on King Hezekiah became highly respected among all the surrounding nations, and many gifts for the Lord arrived at Jerusalem, with valuable presents for King Hezekiah, too.
- Job 31:24“Have I put my trust in money or felt secure because of my gold?
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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