Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
by thy wisdom and by thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures;
New American Standard Bible
You have acquired
And have acquired gold and silver for your treasuries.
King James Version
With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:
Holman Bible
you have acquired wealth for yourself.
You have acquired gold and silver
for your treasuries.
International Standard Version
Your wisdom and understanding brought you phenomenal wealth. You've brought gold and silver into your treasuries.
A Conservative Version
By thy wisdom and by thine understanding thou have gotten thee riches, and have gotten gold and silver into thy treasures.
American Standard Version
by thy wisdom and by thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures;
Amplified
With your [own] wisdom and with your [own] understanding
You have acquired your riches and power
And have brought gold and silver into your treasuries;
Bible in Basic English
By your wisdom and deep knowledge you have got power for yourself, and put silver and gold in your store-houses:
Julia Smith Translation
With thy wisdom and with thy understanding thou madest to thee wealth, and thou wilt make gold and silver in thy treasures.
King James 2000
With your wisdom and with your understanding you have gotten yourself riches, and have gotten gold and silver into your treasuries:
Lexham Expanded Bible
By your wisdom and by your understanding you have gained for yourself wealth, and you have amassed gold and silver in your treasuries.
Modern King James verseion
With your wisdom and with your understanding you have made riches for yourselves, and have worked gold and silver into your treasuries.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
With thy wisdom and thy understanding, thou hast gotten thee great wealthiness, and gathered treasure of silver and gold.
NET Bible
By your wisdom and understanding you have gained wealth for yourself; you have amassed gold and silver in your treasuries.
New Heart English Bible
by your wisdom and by your understanding you have gotten yourself riches, and have gotten gold and silver into your treasures;
The Emphasized Bible
In thy wisdom and in thine understanding, hast thou gotten thee wealth, - And hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasuries:
Webster
With thy wisdom and with thy understanding thou hast gained for thee riches, and hast gained gold and silver into thy treasures:
World English Bible
by your wisdom and by your understanding you have gotten yourself riches, and have gotten gold and silver into your treasures;
Youngs Literal Translation
By thy wisdom and by thine understanding Thou hast made for thee wealth, And makest gold and silver in thy treasuries.
Themes
Accumulation of wealth » The accumulation of, disappointing
Commerce » Increased the wealth of nations and individuals
Irony » Instances of » Ezekiel to the prince of tyre
Pride/arrogance » The reward for pride
The Providence of God » Danger of denying
earthly Riches » The perils of » The accumulation of, disappointing
Tyre » Celebrated for » Its wealth
Tyre » Prophecies respecting » Pride a cause of its destruction
Tyre » Inhabitants of » Self-conceited
Wealth » Accumulation of » The accumulation of, disappointing
Interlinear
Chayil
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 28:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Prophecy Aimed At The King Of Tyre
3 behold, thou art wiser than Daniel! nothing secret is obscure for thee; 4 by thy wisdom and by thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures; 5 by thy great wisdom thou hast by thy traffic increased thy riches, and thy heart is lifted up because of thy riches.
Phrases
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:17-18
And thou say in thy heart, my power And the might of my hand has procured me This wealth.
Proverbs 18:11
The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own imagination.
Proverbs 23:4-5
Weary not thyself to become rich; cease from thine own intelligence:
Ecclesiastes 9:11
I 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 the intelligent, nor yet favour to men of knowledge; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Ezekiel 29:3
speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which saith, My river is mine own, and I made it for myself.
Habakkuk 1:16
therefore he sacrificeth unto his net, and burneth incense unto his drag; for by them his portion is become fat, and his meat dainty.
Zechariah 9:2-4
and also on Hamath which bordereth thereon; on Tyre and Zidon, though she be very wise.