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Ezekiel 28:13

You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold, prepared on the day of your creation.

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ASV

Thou wast in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, the topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was in thee; in the day that thou wast created they were prepared.

KJV

Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
בְּעֵ֨דֶןbe.'E.denin EdenH5731 →
גַּן־gan-[the] garden ofH1588 →
אֱלֹהִ֜ים'E.lo.HimGodH430 →
הָיִ֗יתָha.Yi.tayou wereH1961 →
כָּל־kol-[was] everyH3605 →
אֶ֨בֶן'E.venstoneH68 →
יְקָרָ֤הye.ka.RahpreciousH3368 →
מְסֻכָתֶ֙ךָ֙me.su.kha.Te.khacovering yourH4540 →
אֹ֣דֶם'O.demrubyH124 →
פִּטְדָ֞הpit.DahtopazH6357 →
וְיָהֲלֹ֗םve.ya.ha.Lomand emeraldH3095 →
תַּרְשִׁ֥ישׁtar.ShishchrysoliteH8658 →
שֹׁ֙הַם֙sho.hamonyxH7718 →
וְיָ֣שְׁפֵ֔הve.Ya.she.Pehand jasperH3471 →
סַפִּ֣ירsa.PirsapphireH5601 →
נֹ֔פֶךְNo.fekhturquoiseH5306 →
וּבָרְקַ֖תu.va.re.Katand berylH1304 →
וְזָהָ֑בve.za.Havand goldH2091 →
מְלֶ֨אכֶתme.Le.khet[the] workmanship ofH4399 →
תֻּפֶּ֤יךָtu.Pei.khatambourines yourH8596 →
וּנְקָבֶ֙יךָ֙u.ne.ka.Vei.chaand settings yourH5345 →
בָּ֔ךְBakhon you
בְּי֥וֹםbe.Yomon [the] dayH3117 →
הִבָּרַאֲךָ֖hi.ba.ra.'a.Khaare created youH1254 →
כּוֹנָֽנוּ׃ko.Na.nuthey were preparedH3559 →

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Ezekiel 28:15From the day you were created you were blameless in your ways—until wickedness was found in you.Revelation 4:3The One seated there looked like jasper and carnelian, and a rainbow that gleamed like an emerald encircled the throne.Genesis 2:8And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.Ezekiel 27:16Aram was your customer because of your many products; they exchanged turquoise, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies for your wares.Ezekiel 28:14You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for I had ordained you. You were on the holy mountain of God; you walked among the fiery stones.Genesis 2:12And the gold of that land is pure, and bdellium and onyx are found there.Isaiah 54:11–12“O afflicted city, lashed by storms, without solace, surely I will set your stones in antimony and lay your foundations with sapphires.Ezekiel 31:8The cedars in the garden of God could not rival it; the cypresses could not compare with its branches, nor the plane trees match its boughs. No tree in the garden of God could compare with its beauty.Isaiah 51:3For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song.Exodus 28:17And mount on it a setting of gemstones, four rows of stones: In the first row there shall be a ruby, a topaz, and an emerald;Exodus 28:17–20And mount on it a setting of gemstones, four rows of stones: In the first row there shall be a ruby, a topaz, and an emerald;Ezekiel 36:35Then they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden. The cities that were once ruined, desolate, and destroyed are now fortified and inhabited.’Isaiah 23:16“Take up your harp, stroll through the city, O forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody, sing many a song, so you will be remembered.”Genesis 3:23–24Therefore the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.Isaiah 14:11Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol, along with the music of your harps. Maggots are your bed and worms your blanket.Ezekiel 31:8–9The cedars in the garden of God could not rival it; the cypresses could not compare with its branches, nor the plane trees match its boughs. No tree in the garden of God could compare with its beauty.Genesis 2:11–12The name of the first river is Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.Exodus 39:10–21And they mounted on it four rows of gemstones: The first row had a ruby, a topaz, and an emerald;

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About Ezekiel

The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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