Ezekiel 28:4
By thy wisdom and by thine understanding thou have gotten thee riches, and have gotten gold and silver into thy treasures.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
3Behold, thou are wiser than Daniel. There is no secret that is hidden from thee.
Cross References
Proverbs 18:11The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own imagination.
Ecclesiastes 9:11I 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 favor to men of skill, but time and chance happens t
Daniel 5:11There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods. And in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, were found in him. And the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the ki
Zechariah 9:2and also Hamath, which borders on it, Tyre and Sidon, because they are very wise.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 28:2-11
Fall of the Prince of Tyre. ( b. c. 588.) 1 The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, 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: 3 Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee: 4 With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee… Read the whole commentary →