Ezekiel 28:4
With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:
Ezekiel 28:4 in other translations
| BSB | By your wisdom and understanding you have gained your wealth and amassed gold and silver for your treasuries. |
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| WEB | By your wisdom and by your understanding you have gotten yourself riches, and have gotten gold and silver into your treasuries. |
| ASV | by thy wisdom and by thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures; |
| YLT | By thy wisdom and by thine understanding Thou hast made for thee wealth, And makest gold and silver in thy treasuries. |
| DARBY | by thy wisdom and by thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures; |
| BBE | By your wisdom and deep knowledge you have got power for yourself, and put silver and gold in your store-houses: |
| Webster | With thy wisdom and with thy understanding thou hast gained for thee riches, and hast gained gold and silver into thy treasures: |
What does Ezekiel 28:4 mean?
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…
Ezekiel 28:4 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Ezekiel 28:4
- Proverbs 18:11
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.
- Proverbs 23:4-5
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
- Deuteronomy 8:17-18
And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth. But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
- Ecclesiastes 9:11
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
- Ezekiel 29:3
Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.
- Zechariah 9:2-4
And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise. And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets. Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.
- Habakkuk 1:16
Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.
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Context
- Ezekiel 28:3
Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:
- Ezekiel 28:4
With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:
- 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:
Ezekiel 28:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Con tu sabiduría y con tu prudencia te has juntado riquezas, y has adquirido oro y plata en tus tesoros; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | par ta sagesse et par ton intelligence tu t’es acquis de la puissance et tu as amassé de l’or et de l’argent dans tes trésors; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | durch deine Weisheit und durch deinen Verstand hast du dir Reichtum erworben, und hast Gold und Silber in deine Schatzkammern geschafft; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | in sapientia et prudentia tua fecisti tibi fortitudinem, et acquisisti aurum et argentum in thesauris tuis: |