Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
You have increased your riches
And your
King James Version
By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:
Holman Bible
you have increased your wealth,
but your heart has become proud
because of your wealth.”
International Standard Version
By your great wisdom, by your skills in trading you have amassed wealth for yourself and your heart has become arrogant because of your wealth."
A Conservative Version
By thy great wisdom [and] by thy traffic thou have increased thy riches. And thy heart is lifted up because of thy riches.
American Standard Version
by thy great wisdom and by thy traffic hast thou increased thy riches, and thy heart is lifted up because of thy riches;-
Amplified
By your great wisdom and by your trade
You have increased your riches and power,
And your heart is proud and arrogant because of your wealth;
Bible in Basic English
By your great wisdom and by your trade your power is increased, and your heart is lifted up because of your power:
Darby Translation
by thy great wisdom thou hast by thy traffic increased thy riches, and thy heart is lifted up because of thy riches.
Julia Smith Translation
By the multitude of thy wisdom, by thy traffic thou didst multiply thy wealth, and thine heart will be lifted up in thy wealth.
King James 2000
By your great wisdom and by your trade have you increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches:
Lexham Expanded Bible
By the abundance of your wisdom in your trading you [have] increased your wealth and your heart was proud in your wealth." '"
Modern King James verseion
By your great wisdom and by your trade you have multiplied your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
With thy great wisdom and occupying, hast thou increased thy power, and because of thy great riches, thy heart is proud.
NET Bible
By your great skill in trade you have increased your wealth, and your heart is proud because of your wealth.
New Heart English Bible
by your great wisdom and by your traffic you have increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches"?
The Emphasized Bible
By the greatness of thy wisdom and by thy traffic, hast thou multiplied thy riches, -And thy heart hath become lofty in thy riches:
Webster
By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thy heart is lifted up because of thy riches:
World English Bible
by your great wisdom [and] by your traffic you have increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches --
Youngs Literal Translation
By the abundance of thy wisdom, Through thy merchandise, Thou hast multiplied thy wealth, And high is thy heart through thy wealth.
Themes
Commerce » Increased the wealth of nations and individuals
Commerce » Carried on by » People of tyre
Irony » Instances of » Ezekiel to the prince of tyre
Pride/arrogance » The reward for pride
The Providence of God » Danger of denying
Riches » Often lead to » Pride
national Sins » Often caused by prosperity
Tyre » Celebrated for » Its wealth
Tyre » Prophecies respecting » Pride a cause of its destruction
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 28:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Prophecy Aimed At The King Of Tyre
4
with thy wisdom and with thine intelligence thou hast gotten thee riches and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:
5
You have increased your riches
And your
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 62:10
Trust not in violence and become not vain in the taking of spoil; if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
Psalm 52:7
Behold, this is the man that did not make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
Ezekiel 28:2
Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyre, Thus hath the Lord GOD said: Because thy heart has lifted thee up and thou hast said, I am God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas (yet thou art man, and not God); and thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God:
Hosea 13:6
In their pastures, they filled themselves; they were satisfied, and their heart was exalted; for this reason they have forgotten me.
Job 31:24-25
If I have made gold my hope or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
Hosea 12:7-8
He is a merchant who has the balances of deceit in his hand; he loves to oppress.
Deuteronomy 6:11-12
and houses full of all good things, which thou didst not fill, and hewn out wells, which thou didst not dig, vineyards and olive trees, which thou didst not plant; when thou shalt have eaten and be full,
Deuteronomy 8:13-14
and when thy herds and thy flocks multiply and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied and all that thou hast is multiplied,
2 Chronicles 25:19
Thou sayest, Behold, I have smitten Edom; and with this thy heart lifts thee up to boast; abide now at home; why should thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou should fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?
2 Chronicles 32:23-25
And many brought a present unto the LORD to Jerusalem and precious gifts unto Hezekiah, king of Judah, so that he was magnified in the sight of all the Gentiles from then on.
Proverbs 11:28
He that trusts in his riches shall fall, but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
Proverbs 26:12
Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Proverbs 30:9
Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and blaspheme the name of my God.
Isaiah 5:21
Woe unto those that are wise in their own eyes and prudent in their own sight!
Isaiah 10:8-14
For he shall say, Are not my princes altogether kings?
Isaiah 23:3
Her provision was from the plantings that grow with the many waters of the Nile, of the harvest of the river. She was also the mart of the Gentiles.
Isaiah 23:8
Who has decreed this against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the honourable of the earth?
Ezekiel 16:49
Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom: pride, fullness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the afflicted and needy.
Ezekiel 27:12-36
Tarshish was thy market by reason of the multitude of all thy riches in silver, iron, tin, and lead; they traded in thy fairs.
Daniel 4:30
the king spoke and said, Is this not the great Babylon that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power and for the glory of my greatness?
Daniel 4:37
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and build up and glorify the King of heaven because all his works are truth, and his ways judgment: and he is able to humble those that walk with arrogance.
Zechariah 9:3
And Tyre built herself a stronghold and heaped up silver as the dust and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
Luke 12:16-21
And he spoke a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully;
Romans 12:16
Be unanimous among yourselves, not high minded, but accommodating the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion.
1 Timothy 6:17
Charge those that are rich in this world, that they not be highminded, not placing their hope in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy;
James 4:13-14
Come now, ye that say, Today and tomorrow we will go into such a city and continue there a year and buy and sell and get gain;