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Ezekiel 28:17

Ezekiel chapter 28 · verse 17 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

Context

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.

v.17This passage

v.18By the multitude of thine iniquities, in the unrighteousness of thy traffic, thou hast profaned thy sanctuaries; therefore have I brought forth a fire from the midst of thee; it hath devoured thee, and I have turned thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 147:6

    Jehovah upholdeth the meek: He bringeth the wicked down to the ground.

  • Ezekiel 16:14

    And thy renown went forth among the nations for thy beauty; for it was perfect, through my majesty which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord Jehovah.

  • Job 40:11

    Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger; And look upon every one that is proud, and abase him.

  • Ezekiel 28:7

    therefore, behold, I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.

  • Romans 1:22

    Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

  • Ezekiel 28:5

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