Ezekiel 28:5 “By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, but you…”

Ezekiel 28:5

By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, but your heart has grown proud because of it.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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:

World English Bible

By your great wisdom and by your trading you have increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your 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;—

Geneva Bible 1599

By thy great wisedome and by thine occupying hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted vp because of thy riches.

Darby Translation

by thy great wisdom thou hast by thy traffic increased thy riches, and thy heart is lifted up because of thy riches.

Young's Literal Translation

By the abundance of thy wisdom, Through thy merchandise, Thou hast multiplied thy wealth, And high is thy heart through thy 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:

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Cross references

“thy great wisdom”

Proverbs 26:12 Isaiah 5:21 Romans 12:16

Proverbs 26:12 · BSB

Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Isaiah 5:21 · BSB

Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.

Romans 12:16 · BSB

Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but associate with the lowly. Do not be conceited.

“and by”

Psalm 62:10 Ezekiel 27:12–36 Isaiah 23:3 Isaiah 23:8 Zechariah 9:3 Hosea 12:7

Psalm 62:10 · BSB

Place no trust in extortion or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.

Ezekiel 27:12–36 · BSB

Tarshish was your merchant because of your great wealth of goods; they exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your wares.

Isaiah 23:3 · BSB

On the great waters came the grain of Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre; she was the merchant of the nations.

Isaiah 23:8 · BSB

Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose traders are princes, whose merchants are renowned on the earth?

Zechariah 9:3 · BSB

Tyre has built herself a fortress; she has heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets.

Hosea 12:7 · BSB

A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.

“and thine”

Psalm 52:7 Ezekiel 28:2 Hosea 13:6 Proverbs 11:28 Daniel 4:37 1 Timothy 6:17

Psalm 52:7 · BSB

“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”

Ezekiel 28:2 · BSB

“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though yo…

Hosea 13:6 · BSB

When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.

Proverbs 11:28 · BSB

He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like foliage.

Daniel 4:37 · BSB

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.

1 Timothy 6:17 · BSB

Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4By your wisdom and understanding you have gained your wealth and amassed gold and silver for your treasuries.

6Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you regard your heart as the heart of a god,

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