Ezekiel 28:5

³ Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you!

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

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

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

⁷ behold, 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.

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.

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BSB: By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, but your heart has grown proud because of it.
KJV: By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:
WEB: By your great wisdom and by your trading you have increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches—”
ASV: by thy great wisdom [and] by thy traffic hast thou increased thy riches, and thy heart is lifted up because of thy riches;-
DARBY: by thy great wisdom thou hast by thy traffic increased thy riches, and thy heart is lifted up because of thy riches.
BLB: By the abundance of your wisdom in trading you have increased your wealth, and your heart is lifted high in your wealth.

ÅB: ved din store klokskap i handel har du øket din rikdom, og ditt hjerte opphøyet seg for din rikdoms skyld -
OTB: Ved din store dyktighet i handel har du økt din rikdom, og ditt hjerte har blitt stolt på grunn av din rikdom.
B1930: ved din store klokskap i handel har du øket din rikdom, og ditt hjerte ophøiet sig for din rikdoms skyld -

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 52:7
“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”
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Psalms 62:10
Place no trust in extortion, or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.
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Hosea 13:6
When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.
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Ezekiel 28:2
“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 you have regarded your heart as that of a god.
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James 4:13–14
Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.”
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Hosea 12:7–8
A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.
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Proverbs 11:28
He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like foliage.
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Romans 12:16
Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but enjoy the company of the lowly. Do not be conceited.
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