Ezekiel 28:6 “Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you regard your hear…”

Ezekiel 28:6

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;

World English Bible

“‘therefore the Lord GOD says: “Because you have set your heart as the heart of God,

American Standard Version

therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thou hast set thy heart as the heart of God,

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore thus sayeth the Lord God, Because thou didest thinke in thine heart, that thou wast equall with God,

Darby Translation

Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thou hast set thy heart as the heart of God,

Young's Literal Translation

Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because of thy giving out thy heart as the heart of God,

Bible in Basic English

For this cause the Lord has said: Because you have made your heart as the heart of God,

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Cross references

“Because”

Ezekiel 28:2 Exodus 9:17 Job 9:4 Job 40:9–12 1 Corinthians 10:22 2 Thessalonians 2:4

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…

Exodus 9:17 · BSB

Still, you lord it over My people and do not allow them to go.

Job 9:4 · BSB

God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?

Job 40:9–12 · BSB

Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His?

1 Corinthians 10:22 · BSB

Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?

2 Thessalonians 2:4 · BSB

He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.

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

In context

5By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, but your heart has grown proud because of it.

7behold, I will bring foreigners against you, the most ruthless of nations. They will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom and will defile your splendor.

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