Ezekiel 28:15
What does Ezekiel 28:15 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 28:15 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till unrighteousness was found in thee.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till unrighteousness was found in thee.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949There has been no evil in your ways from the day when you were made, till sin was seen in you.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Perfect <FI>art<Fi> thou in thy ways, From the day of thy being produced, Till perversity hath been found in thee.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day of thy creation, until iniquity was found in thee.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Thou wast perfect in thy ways, from the day that thou wast created, till unrighteousness was found in thee.
Context
v.14Thou wast the anointed cherub that covereth: and I set thee, so that thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
v.15This passage
v.16By the abundance of thy traffic they filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore have I cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God; and I have destroyed thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 28:12
Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
- Ezekiel 28:3
behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that is hidden from thee;
- Lamentations 5:16
The crown is fallen from our head: Woe unto us! for we have sinned.
- Genesis 6:5
And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
- Genesis 1:26
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
- Isaiah 14:12
How art thou fallen from heaven, O day-star, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, that didst lay low the nations!
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