Ezekiel 28:4
Have you gained power for yourself by your own knowledge or your own prudence, and gotten gold and silver in your treasures?
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
3are you wiser than Daniel? or have not the wise instructed you with their knowledge?
Cross References
Proverbs 18:11The wealth of a rich man is a strong city; and its glory casts a broad shadow.
Ecclesiastes 9:11I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor yet bread to the wise, nor yet wealth to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of knowledge; for time and chance will happen to them all.
Daniel 5:11There is a man in your kingdom, in whom is the Spirit of God; and in the days of your father watchfulness and understanding were found in him; and king Nabuchodonosor your father made him chief of the enchanters, magicians, Chaldeans, and soothsayers.
Zechariah 9:2And in Emath, even in her coasts, are Tyre and Sidon, because they were 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 →