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Ezekiel 28:17

Your heart grew proud of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor; so I cast you to the earth; I made you a spectacle before kings.

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ASV

Thy heart was lifted up because of thy beauty; thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I have cast thee to the ground; I have laid thee before kings, that they may behold thee.

KJV

Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
גָּבַ֤הּga.Vahit was haughtyH1361 →
לִבְּךָ֙li.be.Khaheart yourH3820 →
בְּיָפְיֶ֔ךָbe.ya.fe.Ye.khain beauty yourH3308 →
שִׁחַ֥תָּshi.Cha.tayou pervertedH7843 →
חָכְמָתְךָ֖cha.khe.ma.te.Khawisdom yourH2451 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
יִפְעָתֶ֑ךָyif.'a.Te.khasplendor yourH3314 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
אֶ֣רֶץ'E.retz[the] groundH776 →
הִשְׁלַכְתִּ֗יךָhish.lakh.Ti.khaI threw youH7993 →
לִפְנֵ֧יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440 →
מְלָכִ֛יםme.la.KhimkingsH4428 →
נְתַתִּ֖יךָne.ta.Ti.khaI put youH5414 →
לְרַ֥אֲוָהle.Ra.'a.vahto lookH7200 →
בָֽךְ׃Vakhon you

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Judges 7:2Then the LORD said to Gideon, “You have too many people for Me to deliver Midian into their hands, lest Israel glorify themselves over Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’Ezekiel 28:5By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, but your heart has grown proud because of it.Ezekiel 31:10Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Since it became great in height and set its top among the clouds, and it grew proud on account of its height,Proverbs 16:18Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.James 4:6But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”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.Luke 14:11For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”Proverbs 11:2When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.Ezekiel 32:10I will cause many peoples to be appalled over you, and their kings will shudder in horror because of you when I brandish My sword before them. On the day of your downfall each of them will tremble every moment for his life.’Psalms 147:6The LORD sustains the humble, but casts the wicked to the ground.Ezekiel 16:49Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.Isaiah 47:1“Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of Chaldea! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.Isaiah 19:11–13The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?Ezekiel 16:41Then they will burn down your houses and execute judgment against you in the sight of many women. I will put an end to your prostitution, and you will never again pay your lovers.Ezekiel 16:14–15Your fame spread among the nations on account of your beauty, for it was perfect in the splendor I bestowed on you, declares the Lord GOD.Jeremiah 8:9The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and trapped. Since they have rejected the word of the LORD, what wisdom do they really have?Job 40:11–12Unleash the fury of your wrath; look on every proud man and bring him low.Isaiah 14:9–11Sheol beneath is eager to meet you upon your arrival. It stirs the spirits of the dead to greet you—all the rulers of the earth. It makes all the kings of the nations rise from their thrones.

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About Ezekiel

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