Ezekiel 28:3
1 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:
Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:
4 With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:
5 By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you!
- KJV
- Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:
- WEB
- behold, you are wiser than Daniel. There is no secret that is hidden from you.
- ASV
- behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that is hidden from thee;
- DARBY
- behold, thou art wiser than Daniel! nothing secret is obscure for thee;
- BLB
- behold, you [are] wiser than Daniel—anything hidden is not in the dark for you!
- ÅB
- ja, du er visere enn Daniel, intet lønnlig er skjult for deg;
- OTB
- Se, er du klokere enn Daniel? Er ingen hemmelighet for skjult for deg?
- B1930
- ja, du er visere enn Daniel, intet lønnlig er skjult for dig;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Daniel 1:20
And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm.
Read in contextDaniel 2:22
He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
Read in contextDaniel 2:27–28
Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king;
Read in contextJob 15:8
Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
Read in contextDaniel 5:11–12
There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;
Read in context1 Kings 4:29–32
And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.
Read in context1 Kings 10:3
And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not.
Read in contextZechariah 9:2–3
And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise.
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