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 28:5 in other translations
| BSB | By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, but your heart has grown proud because of it. |
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| WEB | By your great wisdom and by your trading you have increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches—” |
| ASV | by thy great wisdom and by thy traffic hast thou increased thy riches, and thy heart is lifted up because of thy riches;— |
| YLT | By the abundance of thy wisdom, Through thy merchandise, Thou hast multiplied thy wealth, And high is thy heart through thy wealth. |
| DARBY | by thy great wisdom thou hast by thy traffic increased thy riches, and thy heart is lifted up because of thy riches. |
| BBE | By your great wisdom and by your trade your power is increased, and your heart is lifted up because of your power: |
| Webster | By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thy heart is lifted up because of thy riches: |
What does Ezekiel 28:5 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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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 28:5 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Ezekiel 28:5
- Psalms 52:7
Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
- Psalms 62:10
Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
- Hosea 13:6
According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.
- 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:
- James 4:13-14
Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
- Hosea 12:7-8
He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress. And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.
- Proverbs 11:28
He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
- Romans 12:16
Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
- Isaiah 5:21
Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
- Deuteronomy 8:13-14
And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied; Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the Lord thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;
- Proverbs 26:12
Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
- Daniel 4:37
Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Pr 26:12; Isa 5:21; Ro 12:16
and by.
27:12-36; Ps 62:10; Isa 23:3,8; Ho 12:7,8; Zec 9:3; Jas 4:13,14
and thine.
2; 16:49; De 6:11,12; 8:13,14; 2Ch 25:19; 32:23-25; Job 31:24,25
Ps 52:7; 62:10; Pr 11:28; 30:9; Isa 10:8-14; Da 4:30,37; Ho 13:6
Lu 12:16-21; 1Ti 6:17
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Context
- 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 28:6
Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;
Ezekiel 28:5 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Con la grandeza de tu sabiduría en tu contratación has multiplicado tus riquezas; y á causa de tus riquezas se ha enaltecido tu corazón. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | par la grandeur de ta sagesse, tu as, par ton négoce, multiplié ta richesse; et ton cœur s’est élevé à cause de ta richesse) – |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | durch die Größe deiner Weisheit hast du mit deinem Handel deinen Reichtum gemehrt, und dein Herz hat sich wegen deines Reichtums erhoben; - |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | in multitudine sapientiæ tuæ, et in negotiatione tua multiplicasti tibi fortitudinem, et elevatum est cor tuum in robore tuo: |