Ezekiel 28:4
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In thy wisdom and thy understanding thou hast made thyself strong: and hast gotten gold an silver into thy treasures.

Ezekiel 29:3 Speak, and say: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I come against thee, Pharao king of Egypt, thou great dragon that liest in the midst of thy rivers, and sayest: The river is mine, and I made myself.

Deuteronomy 8:17,18 Lest thou shouldst say in thy heart: My own might, and the strength of my own hand have achieved all these things for me. . . .

Proverbs 18:11 The substance of the rich man is the city of his strength, and as a strong wall compassing him about.

Proverbs 23:4,5 Labour not to be rich: but set bounds to thy prudence. . . .

Ecclesiastes 9:11 I turned me to another thing, and I saw that under the sun, the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the learned, nor favour to the skilful: but time and chance in all.

Habakkuk 1:16 Therefore will he offer victims to his drag, and he will sacrifice to his net: because through them his portion is made fat, and his meat dainty.

Zechariah 9:2-4 Emath also in the borders thereof, and Tyre, and Sidon: for they have taken to themselves to be exceeding wise. . . .

Context
Prophecy Against the King of Tyre
3Behold thou art wiser than Daniel: no secret is hid from thee. 4In thy wisdom and thy understanding thou hast made thyself strong: and hast gotten gold an silver into thy treasures.5By the greatness of thy wisdom, and by thy traffic thou hast increased thy strength: and thy heart is lifted up with thy strength.…
Cross References
Isaiah 10:13
For he hath said: By the strength of my own hand I have done it, and by my own wisdom I have understood: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have taken the spoils of the princes, and as a mighty man hath pulled down them that sat on high.

Jeremiah 49:4
Why gloriest thou in the valleys? thy valley hath flowed away, O delicate daughter, that hast trusted in thy treasures, and hast said: Who shall come to me?

Ezekiel 27:33
Which by thy merchandise that went from thee by sea didst fill many people: which by the multitude of thy riches, and of thy people didst enrich the kings of the earth.

Zechariah 9:2
Emath also in the borders thereof, and Tyre, and Sidon: for they have taken to themselves to be exceeding wise.

Zechariah 9:3
And Tyre hath built herself a strong hold, and heaped together silver as earth, and gold as the mire of the streets.

Lexicon
By your wisdom
בְּחָכְמָֽתְךָ֙ (bə·ḥā·ḵə·mā·ṯə·ḵā)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2451: Wisdom

and understanding
וּבִתְבוּנָ֣תְךָ֔ (ū·ḇiṯ·ḇū·nā·ṯə·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8394: Intelligence, an argument, caprice

you have gained
עָשִׂ֥יתָ (‘ā·śî·ṯā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

your
לְּךָ֖ (lə·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

wealth
חָ֑יִל (ḥā·yil)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2428: A force, an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength

and amassed
וַתַּ֛עַשׂ (wat·ta·‘aś)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

gold
זָהָ֥ב (zā·hāḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2091: Gold, something gold-colored, as oil, a clear sky

and silver
וָכֶ֖סֶף (wā·ḵe·sep̄)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3701: Silver, money

for your treasuries.
בְּאוֹצְרוֹתֶֽיךָ׃ (bə·’ō·wṣ·rō·w·ṯe·ḵā)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 214: Treasure, store, a treasury, storehouse


Additional Translations
By your wisdom and understanding you have gained your wealth and amassed gold and silver for your treasuries.With your wisdom and with your understanding you have gotten you riches, and have gotten gold and silver into your treasures:

by thy wisdom and by thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures;

Hast thou gained power for thyself by thine own knowledge or thine own prudence, and gotten gold and silver in thy treasures?

by thy wisdom and by thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures;

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

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

by your wisdom and by your understanding you have gotten yourself riches, and have gotten gold and silver into your treasures;

By thy wisdom and by thine understanding Thou hast made for thee wealth, And makest gold and silver in thy treasuries.
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