Ezekiel 28:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּחָכְמָֽתְךָ֙ וּבִתְבוּנָ֣תְךָ֔ עָשִׂ֥יתָ לְּךָ֖ חָ֑יִל וַתַּ֛עַשׂ זָהָ֥ב וָכֶ֖סֶף בְּאוֹצְרוֹתֶֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

bə-ḥoḵmātəḵā û-ḇi-tḇûnātəḵā ʿāśîtā ləḵā ḥāyil wa-ttaʿaś zāhāḇ wā-ḵesep̄ bə-ʾôṣərôteḵā

Grammar Details

*bə-ḥoḵmātəḵā*: preposition + noun feminine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - by your wisdom
*û-ḇi-tḇûnātəḵā*: conjunction + preposition + noun feminine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - and by your understanding
*ʿāśîtā*: qal perfect 2nd masculine singular - you have made/gotten
*ləḵā*: preposition + 2nd masculine singular suffix - for yourself
*ḥāyil*: noun masculine singular - wealth/might/strength
*wa-ttaʿaś*: conjunction + qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - and you have acquired
*zāhāḇ*: noun masculine singular - gold
*wā-ḵesep̄*: conjunction + noun masculine singular - and silver
*bə-ʾôṣərôteḵā*: preposition + noun masculine plural + 2nd masculine singular suffix - in your treasuries

Word Meanings

*ḥoḵmāh*: wisdom/skill
*tḇûnāh*: understanding/discernment/intelligence
*ḥāyil*: wealth/might/strength/army/force
*ʾôṣərôt*: treasuries/storehouses/treasures

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Deut 8:17-18 : 17 And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth. 18 But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
Prov 18:11 : 11 The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.
Prov 23:4-5 : 4 Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. 5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
Eccl 9:11 : 11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Ezek 29:3 : 3 Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.
Hab 1:16 : 16 Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.
Zech 9:2-4 : 2 And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise. 3 And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets. 4 Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Ezek 28:5
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5By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:
Ezek 28:3
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3Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:
Prov 3:13-14
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13Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
14For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
2 Chr 1:11-12
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11And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king:
12Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like.
Deut 8:17
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17And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.
Prov 24:3-4
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3Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:
4And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
Prov 4:7
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7Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
Prov 2:4
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4If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
Ezek 27:12
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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.
Prov 23:4
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4Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
Job 3:14-15
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14With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;
15Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:
Prov 28:11
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11The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
Dan 5:14
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14I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.
Deut 8:13
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13And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;
Job 22:24-25
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24Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
25Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.
Prov 16:16
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16How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
Eccl 2:9
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9So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
Job 28:20
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20Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
Job 28:1
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1Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.
Prov 8:18
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18Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.
Ezek 27:33
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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.
Prov 8:10-11
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10Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.
11For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
1 Kgs 3:12-13
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12Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
13And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days.
Eccl 1:16
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16I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
Job 15:8
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8Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
Job 31:25
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25If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
Job 28:12
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12But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?
Exod 31:4
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Dan 4:22
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22It is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.
Joel 3:5
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5Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things:
Isa 47:10
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10For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me.
Prov 14:24
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24The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
Job 36:19
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19Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
Prov 13:11
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11Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
Eccl 7:11
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11Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.
Jer 51:13
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13O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.
Dan 2:29
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29As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass.
Ezek 16:13
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13Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom.
Prov 24:14
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14So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
Prov 14:33
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33Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.
Dan 4:28
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28All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar.
Prov 2:10
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10When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
1 Kgs 10:23
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23So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.