Ezekiel 28:4

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

Ezekiel 28:4 in Other Translations

4 With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:

ESV

4 by your wisdom and your understanding you have made wealth for yourself, and have gathered gold and silver into your treasuries;

NLT

4 With your wisdom and understanding you have amassed great wealth— gold and silver for your treasuries.

MSG

4 Your sharp intelligence made you world-wealthy. You piled up gold and silver in your banks.

CSB

4 By your wisdom and understanding you have acquired wealth for yourself. You have acquired gold and silver for your treasuries.

Ezekiel 28:4 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 28:4

With thy wisdom and with thy understanding thou hast gotten
thee riches
Through skill in navigation and trade, for which the Tyrians and their princes were famous, they acquired great wealth: so antichrist, by carnal policy, and hellish subtlety, has amassed vast treasures together; the sale of pardons and indulgences has brought immense riches into the pope's coffers: and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures;
in great quantities; see ( Revelation 18:3 Revelation 18:17 ) .

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Ezekiel 28:4 In-Context

2 “Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: “ ‘In the pride of your heart you say, “I am a god; I sit on the throne of a god in the heart of the seas.” But you are a mere mortal and not a god, though you think you are as wise as a god.

3 Are you wiser than Daniel ? Is no secret hidden from you?

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

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

6 “ ‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: “ ‘Because you think you are wise, as wise as a god,

Cross References 1

1. Isaiah 10:13; Zechariah 9:3

Ezekiel 28:4

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Ezekiel 28:4 Meaning and Commentary

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