Ezekiel 28:4
In thy wisdom and thy understanding thou hast made thyself strong: and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
3Behold thou art wiser than Daniel: no secret is hid from thee.
Cross References
Proverbs 18:11The substance of the rich man is the city of his strength, and as a strong wall compassing him about.
Ecclesiastes 9:11I turned me to another thing, and I saw that under the sun, the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the learned, nor favour to the skilful: but time and chance in all.
Daniel 5:11There is a man in thy kingdom that hath the spirit of the holy gods in him: and in the days of thy father knowledge and wisdom were found in him: for king Nabuchodonosor thy father appointed him prince of the wise men, enchanters, Chaldeans, and soothsayers, thy father, I say, O king:
Zechariah 9:2Emath also in the borders thereof, and Tyre, and Sidon: for they have taken to themselves to be exceeding 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 →