Parallel Verses
NET Bible
By your wisdom and understanding you have gained wealth for yourself; you have amassed gold and silver in your treasuries.
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:
Darby Translation
by thy wisdom and by thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures;
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.
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 Look, you are wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you. 4 By your wisdom and understanding you have gained wealth for yourself; you have amassed gold and silver in your treasuries. 5 By your great skill in trade you have increased your wealth, and your heart is proud because of your wealth.
Phrases
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:17-18
Be careful not to say, "My own ability and skill have gotten me this wealth."
Proverbs 18:11
The wealth of a rich person is like a strong city, and it is like a high wall in his imagination.
Proverbs 23:4-5
Do not wear yourself out to become rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.
Ecclesiastes 9:11
Again, I observed this on the earth: the race is not always won by the swiftest, the battle is not always won by the strongest; prosperity does not always belong to those who are the wisest, wealth does not always belong to those who are the most discerning, nor does success always come to those with the most knowledge -- for time and chance may overcome them all.
Ezekiel 29:3
Tell them, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: "'Look, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster lying in the midst of its waterways, who has said, "My Nile is my own, I made it for myself."
Habakkuk 1:16
Because of his success he offers sacrifices to his throw net and burns incense to his dragnet; for because of them he has plenty of food, and more than enough to eat.
Zechariah 9:2-4
as are those of Hamath also, which adjoins Damascus, and Tyre and Sidon, though they consider themselves to be very wise.