Ezekiel 28:4

Hast thou gained power for thyself by thine own knowledge or thine own prudence, and gotten gold and silver in thy treasures?

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:

In Context

3art thou wiser than Daniel? or have not the wise instructed thee with their knowledge?

5By thy abundant knowledge and thy traffic thou hast multiplied thy power; thy heart has been lifted up by thy power.

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Cross References

Proverbs 18:11The wealth of a rich man is a strong city; 1 And its glory casts a broad shadow. 1

Ecclesiastes 9:11I returned, and saw under the sun, 1 That the race is not to the swift, 1 Nor the battle to the strong, 1 Nor yet bread to the wise, 1 Nor yet wealth to men of understanding, 1 Nor yet favor to men of knowledge; 1 For time and chance will happen to them all. 1

Zechariah 9:2And in Hamath, 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 →

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