Ezekiel 28 · Verse 17

Ezekiel 28:17

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.
Ezekiel 28:17, King James Version

Ezekiel 28:17 in other translations

BSBYour heart grew proud of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor; so I cast you to the earth; I made you a spectacle before kings.
WEBYour heart was lifted up because of your beauty. You have corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor. I have cast you to the ground. I have laid you before kings, that they may see you.
ASVThy heart was lifted up because of thy beauty; thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I have cast thee to the ground; I have laid thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
YLTHigh hath been thy heart, because of thy beauty, Thou hast corrupted thy wisdom because of thy brightness, On the earth I have cast thee, Before kings I have set thee, to look on thee,
DARBYThy heart was lifted up because of thy beauty; thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I have cast thee to the ground, I have laid thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
BBEYour heart was lifted up because you were beautiful, you made your wisdom evil through your sin: I have sent you down, even to the earth; I have made you low before kings, so that they may see you.
WebsterThy 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.

What does Ezekiel 28:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
17. brightness--thy splendor. lay thee before kings--as an example of God's wrath against presumptuous pride.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 28:1-19

The sentence against the prince or king of Tyre. (Ezek 28:1-19) The fall of Zidon. (Ezek 28:20-23) The restoration of Israel. (Ezek 28:24-26) Verses 1-19 Ethbaal, or Ithobal, was the prince or king of Tyre; and being lifted up with excessive pride, he claimed Divine honours. Pride is peculiarly the sin of our fallen nature. Nor can any wisdom, except that which the Lord gives, lead to happiness in this world or in…

Read the full comment on Ezekiel 28:1-19 →

Ezekiel 28:17 in the original Hebrew

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גָּבַ֤הּga.Vahit was haughtyH1361
לִבְּךָ֙li.be.Khaheart yourH3820
בְּיָפְיֶ֔ךָbe.ya.fe.Ye.khain beauty yourH3308
שִׁחַ֥תָּshi.Cha.tayou pervertedH7843
חָכְמָתְךָ֖cha.khe.ma.te.Khawisdom yourH2451
עַל\־'al-onH5921
יִפְעָתֶ֑ךָyif.'a.Te.khasplendor yourH3314
עַל\־'al-onH5921
אֶ֣רֶץ'E.retz[the] groundH776
הִשְׁלַכְתִּ֗יךָhish.lakh.Ti.khaI threw youH7993
לִפְנֵ֧יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440
מְלָכִ֛יםme.la.KhimkingsH4428
נְתַתִּ֖יךָne.ta.Ti.khaI put youH5414
לְרַ֥אֲוָהle.Ra.'a.vahto lookH7200
בָֽךְ\׃Vakhon you

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 28:17

  • Ezekiel 28:5

    By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:

  • James 4:6

    But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

  • Proverbs 16:18

    Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

  • Ezekiel 31:10

    Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;

  • Ezekiel 28:2

    Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord God; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:

  • Luke 14:11

    For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

  • Psalms 147:6

    The Lord lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.

  • Proverbs 11:2

    When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.

  • Ezekiel 32:10

    Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall.

  • Ezekiel 28:7

    Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.

  • Jeremiah 8:9

    The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the Lord; and what wisdom is in them?

  • Ezekiel 16:14-15

    And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for it was perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord God. But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
heart.
2,5; 16:14,15; 31:10; Pr 11:2; 16:18; Lu 14:11; Jas 4:6
thou hast.
Isa 19:11-13; Jer 8:9; Ro 1:22-25; 1Co 1:19-21
I will cast.
Job 40:11,12; Ps 73:18; 147:6
I will lay.
16:41; 23:48; 32:10; Isa 14:9-11

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Context

  • Ezekiel 28:16

    By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.

  • Ezekiel 28:17

    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.

  • Ezekiel 28:18

    Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.

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Ezekiel 28:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Enaltecióse tu corazón á causa de tu hermosura, corrompiste tu sabiduría á causa de tu resplandor: yo te arrojaré por tierra; delante de los reyes te pondré para que miren en ti.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ton cœur s’est élevé pour ta beauté, tu as corrompu ta sagesse à cause de ta splendeur; je t’ai jeté à terre, je t’ai mis devant les rois, afin qu’ils te voient.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Dein Herz hat sich erhoben ob deiner Schönheit, du hast deine Weisheit zunichte gemacht wegen deines Glanzes ich habe dich zu Boden geworfen, habe dich vor Königen dahingegeben, damit sie ihre Lust an dir sehen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et elevatum est cor tuum in decore tuo; perdidisti sapientiam tuam in decore tuo: in terram projeci te; ante faciem regum dedi te ut cernerent te.