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Ezekiel 28

Ezek. 28:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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By λthy great
rob (Hebrew #7230)
abundance (in any respect)
KJV usage: abundance(- antly), all, X common (sort), excellent, great(-ly, -ness, number), huge, be increased, long, many, more in number, most, much, multitude, plenty(-ifully), X very (age).
Pronounce: robe
Origin: from 7231
wisdom
chokmah (Hebrew #2451)
wisdom (in a good sense)
KJV usage: skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit.
Pronounce: khok-maw'
Origin: from 2449
and by thy traffic
rkullah (Hebrew #7404)
trade (as peddled)
KJV usage: merchandise, traffic.
Pronounce: rek-ool-law'
Origin: feminine passive participle of 7402
hast thou increased
rabah (Hebrew #7235)
to increase (in whatever respect)
KJV usage: (bring in) abundance (X -antly), + archer (by mistake for 7232), be in authority, bring up, X continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, X -ness), grow up, heap, increase, be long, (be, give, have, make, use) many (a time), (any, be, give, give the, have) more (in number), (ask, be, be so, gather, over, take, yield) much (greater, more), (make to) multiply, nourish, plenty(-eous), X process (of time), sore, store, thoroughly, very.
Pronounce: raw-baw'
Origin: a primitive root
o thy riches
chayil (Hebrew #2428)
probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
KJV usage: able, activity, (+) army, band of men (soldiers), company, (great) forces, goods, host, might, power, riches, strength, strong, substance, train, (+)valiant(-ly), valour, virtuous(-ly), war, worthy(-ily).
Pronounce: khah'-yil
Origin: from 2342
, and thine heart
lebab (Hebrew #3824)
the heart (as the most interior organ); used also like 3820
KJV usage: + bethink themselves, breast, comfortably, courage, ((faint), (tender-)heart((-ed)), midst, mind, X unawares, understanding.
Pronounce: lay-bawb'
Origin: from 3823
is lifted up
gabahh (Hebrew #1361)
to soar, i.e. be lofty; figuratively, to be haughty
KJV usage: exalt, be haughty, be (make) high(-er), lift up, mount up, be proud, raise up great height, upward.
Pronounce: gaw-bah'
Origin: a primitive root
because of thyp riches
chayil (Hebrew #2428)
probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
KJV usage: able, activity, (+) army, band of men (soldiers), company, (great) forces, goods, host, might, power, riches, strength, strong, substance, train, (+)valiant(-ly), valour, virtuous(-ly), war, worthy(-ily).
Pronounce: khah'-yil
Origin: from 2342
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thy great wisdom.
Heb. the greatness of thy wisdom.
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Ezek. 27:12‑36• 12Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs.
13Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.
14They of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses and horsemen and mules.
15The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present, horns of ivory and ebony.
16{i}Syria dealt with thee for the multitude of thy handiworks: they traded in thy markets with carbuncles, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and corals, and rubies.{/i}
17Judah and the land of Israel were thy merchants, they traded in the market wheat of Minnith and Pannag, and honey and oil and balm.
18{i}Damascus dealt with thee because of the multitude of thy handiworks, by reason of the abundance of all substance, with wine of Helbon, and white wool.{/i}
19Dedan and Javan of Uzal {i}traded in thy markets: wrought iron, cassia, and calamus were in thy traffic.{/i}
20{i}Dedan{/i} {i}was thy trafficker in precious riding-cloths.{/i}
21{i}Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were the merchants of thy hand: in lambs, and rams, and goats, in these did they trade with thee.{/i}
22{i}The merchants of Sheba and Raamah were thy traffickers: they furnished thy markets with all the choice spices, and with all precious stones and gold.{/i}
23{i}Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad traded with thee:{/i}
24{i}these traded with thee in sumptuous clothes, in wrappings of blue and broidered work, and in chests full of variegated stuffs, bound with cords and made of cedar-wood, amongst thy merchandise.{/i}
25The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market {i}and thou wast replenished, and highly honoured, in the heart of the seas.{/i}
26Thy rowers brought thee into great waters; the east wind broke thee in the heart of the seas.
27Thy riches and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy caulkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war that are in thee, even with all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall in the heart of the seas in the day of thy fall.
28The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.
29And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land:
30and shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes;
31and they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.
32And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the heart of the sea?
33When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth, with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise.
34In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the midst of the waters, thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall.
35All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in their countenance.
36The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never shall be anymore.
(Ezek. 27:12‑36)
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Psa. 62:10• 10Confide not in oppression,{HR}And in robbery be not vain;{HR}If riches increase,{HR}Set not [your] heart [on them]. (Psa. 62:10)
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Isa. 23:3,8• 3And on great waters the seed of Shihor, the harvest of the river, [was] her revenue; and she was the market of nations.
8Who hath purposed this against Tyre, that giveth crowns, whose merchants [were] princes, whose dealers [were] the honourable of the earth?
(Isa. 23:3,8)
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Hos. 12:7‑8• 7A merchant [Canaan], the balance of deceit in his hand, he loveth to overreach!
8And Ephraim said, I am simply become rich; I have found me out substances: it is all my labours. They will find no iniquity in me that is sin.
(Hos. 12:7‑8)
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Zech. 9:3• 3{i}And Tyre hath built herself a stronghold, and hath heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.{/i} (Zech. 9:3)
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James 4:13‑14• 13Go to now, ye that say, Today or tomorrow we will go to this city here, and spend there a year, and traffic and make gain,
14whereas ye know not what [will be] the morrow. Of what sort [is] your life? Why, it is a vapour that appeareth for a little and then disappeareth,
(James 4:13‑14)
and thine.
Ezek. 28:2• 2Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, 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. (Ezek. 28:2)
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Ezek. 16:49• 49Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom; pride, fullness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. (Ezek. 16:49)
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Deut. 6:11‑12• 11{i}and houses full of everything good which thou filledst not, and wells digged which thou diggedst not, vineyards and oliveyards which thou plantedst not, and thou shalt have eaten and shalt be full;{/i}
12{i}then beware lest thou forget Jehovah who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.{/i}
(Deut. 6:11‑12)
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Deut. 8:13‑14• 13{i}and thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied,{/i}
14{i}then thy heart be lifted up, and thou forget Jehovah thy God, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;{/i}
(Deut. 8:13‑14)
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2 Chron. 25:19• 19{i}Thou thinkest, Lo, thou hast smitten Edom; and thy heart has lifted thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou contend with misfortune, that thou shouldest fall, thou and Judah with thee?{/i} (2 Chron. 25:19)
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2 Chron. 32:23‑25• 23{i}And many brought gifts unto Jehovah to Jerusalem, and precious things to Hezekiah king of Judah; and he was thenceforth magnified in the sight of all the nations.{/i}
24{i}In those days Hezekiah was sick unto death, and he prayed to Jehovah; and he spoke to him and gave him a sign .{/i}
25But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him; for his heart was lifted up; {i}and there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem{/i}.
(2 Chron. 32:23‑25)
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Job 31:24‑25• 24If I made gold my confidence,{HR}And to the pure gold said, My trust;
25If I rejoiced because my weal [was] great,{HR}And because my hand found much;
(Job 31:24‑25)
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Psa. 52:7• 7Behold, the man that made not God his strength,{HR}But confided in the abundance of his riches;{HR}He strengthened himself in his wickedness. (Psa. 52:7)
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Psa. 62:10• 10Confide not in oppression,{HR}And in robbery be not vain;{HR}If riches increase,{HR}Set not [your] heart [on them]. (Psa. 62:10)
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Prov. 11:28• 28He that trusteth in his riches shall fall;{HR}But the righteous shall flourish as a green leaf. (Prov. 11:28)
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Prov. 30:9• 9{i}Lest I be full and deny [thee],{HR}And say, Who is Jehovah?{HR}Or lest I be poor and steal,{HR}And outrage the name of my God.{/i} (Prov. 30:9)
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Isa. 10:8‑14• 8For he saith, [Are] not my princes all kings?
9[Is] not Calno as Carchemish? [is] not Hamath as Arpad? [is] not Samaria as Damascus?
10As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols (and their graven images exceeded those of Jerusalem and of Samaria),
11shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her images?
12And it shall come to pass [that], when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon Mount Zion and upon Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
13For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done [it], and by my wisdom, for I am prudent; and I have removed the bounds of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures, and like a valiant man I have put down them that sit [on thrones];
14and my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the peoples; and as one gathereth forsaken eggs, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or chirped.
(Isa. 10:8‑14)
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Dan. 4:30,37• 30The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
37{i}Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of the heavens, all whose works are truth, and his paths judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.{/i}
(Dan. 4:30,37)
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Hos. 13:6• 6{i}According to their pasture, they became full; they became full, and their heart was exalted: therefore have they forgotten me.{/i} (Hos. 13:6)
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Luke 12:16‑21• 16{i}And{/i} he spoke a parable to them, saying, The land of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully;
17and he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do, for I have not [a place] where I shall lay up my fruits?
18{i}And{/i} he said, This will I do; I will take away my granaries, and build greater; and there I will lay up all my produce and my good things;
19and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much good things laid up for many years; repose thyself; eat, drink, be merry.
20But God said unto him, Fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose shall be what thou hast prepared?
21Thus is he who layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
(Luke 12:16‑21)
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1 Tim. 6:17• 17Those rich in the present age charge not to be highminded, nor to set their hope on uncertainty of riches, but on the God that affordeth us all things richly for enjoyment; (1 Tim. 6:17)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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