Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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 thy understanding thou madest to thee wealth, and thou wilt make gold and silver in thy treasures. 5 By the multitude of thy wisdom, by thy traffic thou didst multiply thy wealth, and thine heart will be lifted up in thy wealth. 6 For this, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because of thy giving thy heart as the heart of God;
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 62:10
Ye shall not trust in oppression, ye shall not become vain in plunder: if wealth shall increase ye shall not set the heart
Psalm 52:7
Behold, the man will not set God his strength, and he will trust in the multitude of his riches he will be strengthened in his mischief.
Ezekiel 28:2
Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre, Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because thy heart was lifted up, and thou wilt say, I am God, I sat upon the seat of God in the heart of the seas; and thou art man and not God, and thou wilt give thy heart as the heart of God.
Hosea 13:6
According to their pasture, and they will be satiated; they were satiated, and their heart will be lifted up: for this they forgat me.
Job 31:24-25
If I set gold my hope, and said to gold, My trust;
Hosea 12:7-8
Canaan in his hand, the balances of deceit: he loved to oppress.
Deuteronomy 6:11-12
And houses full of all good which thou filledst not, and wells hewed out which thou hewedst not, and vineyards and olives which thou didst not plant; and thou atest and wert satisfied:
Deuteronomy 8:13-14
And thy cattle and thy sheep shall multiply, and thy silver and thy gold shall multiply to thee, and all which is in thee shall multiply;
2 Chronicles 25:19
Thou saidst, Behold, thou didst strike Edom; and thy heart lifted thee up to boast: now dwell in thy house; wherefore wilt thou be stirred up in evil, and thou fallest, and Judah with thee?
2 Chronicles 32:23-25
And many bringing a gift to Jehovah to Jerusalem, and precious things to Hezekiah king of Judah: and he will be lifted up to the eyes of all the nations from after this.
Proverbs 11:28
He trusting in his riches himself shall fall: and the just shall flourish as the foliage.
Proverbs 26:12
Sawest thou a man wise in his eyes? hope is for the foolish one more than for him.
Proverbs 30:9
Lest I shall be filled and I spake lies, and said, Who is Jehovah? and lest I shall be dispossessed and I stole, and I laid hold upon the name of God.
Isaiah 5:21
Wo to the wise in their eyes, and knowing before their face.
Isaiah 10:8-14
For he will say, Are not my chiefs united together kings?
Isaiah 23:3
On many waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river her produce; and she shall be the emporium of nations.
Isaiah 23:8
Who will counsel this against Tyre, encircled with a crown, whom her merchants, chiefs; her merchants the honored of the earth.
Ezekiel 16:49
Behold, this was the iniquity of Sodom thy sister, pride, fulness of bread, security of rest was to her and to her daughters, and she strengthened not the hand of the poor and needy.
Ezekiel 27:12-36
Tarshish thy merchant from the multitude of all riches: in silver, iron, alloy, and lead, they gave thy markets.
Daniel 4:30
The king answered and said, Is not this great Babel, that I built it for the house of the kingdom by the strength of my power, and for the honor of my majesty?
Daniel 4:37
Now I Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and honor to the king of the heavens, that all his works are truth, and his paths judgment: and that they going about in pride, he being able to bring low.
Zechariah 9:3
And Tyre will build for herself a fortress, and she will heap up silver as the dust, and gold as the mud of the streets.
Luke 12:16-21
And he spake a parable to them, saying, The farm of a certain rich man bore well:
Romans 12:16
Thinking the same towards one another. Not thinking high things but being led by humble things. Be not wise with yourselves.
1 Timothy 6:17
To the rich now in this life, proclaim not to be highminded, nor to be hoping upon the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, offering us all things richly for profit;
James 4:13-14
Come on now, ye saying, To day or to morrow let us go to this city, and do there one year, and let us trade, and derive profit: