Ezekiel 28:6
New International Version
“’Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: “’Because you think you are wise, as wise as a god,

New Living Translation
“Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because you think you are as wise as a god,

English Standard Version
therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Because you make your heart like the heart of a god,

Berean Standard Bible
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you regard your heart as the heart of a god,

King James Bible
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;

New King James Version
‘Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: “Because you have set your heart as the heart of a god,

New American Standard Bible
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you have made your heart Like the heart of God,

NASB 1995
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, ‘Because you have made your heart Like the heart of God,

NASB 1977
Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, ‘Because you have made your heart Like the heart of God,

Legacy Standard Bible
Therefore thus says Lord Yahweh, ‘Because you have made your heart Like the heart of God,

Amplified Bible
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, ‘Because you have imagined your mind [to be] Like the mind of God [having thoughts and plans like God Himself],

Christian Standard Bible
“ ‘Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you regard your heart as that of a god,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you regard your heart as that of a god,

American Standard Version
therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thou hast set thy heart as the heart of God,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because of this, thus says THE LORD OF LORDS: “Because you have considered your heart as the heart of God

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Therefore thus saith the Lord; Since thou hast set thine heart as the hart of God;

Contemporary English Version
You compared yourself to a god, so now I, the LORD God,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore, thus saith the Lord God: Because thy heart is lifted up as the heart of God:

English Revised Version
therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
" 'This is what the Almighty LORD says: You think you are wise like God.

Good News Translation
"Now then, this is what I, the Sovereign LORD, am saying: Because you think you are as wise as a god,

International Standard Version
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: "Because you've made your heart like that of God

JPS Tanakh 1917
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Because thou hast set thy heart As the heart of God;

Literal Standard Version
Therefore, thus said Lord YHWH: Because of your giving out your heart as the heart of God,

Majority Standard Bible
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you regard your heart as the heart of a god,

New American Bible
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Because you pretend you are a god at heart,

NET Bible
"'Therefore this is what the sovereign LORD says: Because you think you are godlike,

New Revised Standard Version
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Because you compare your mind with the mind of a god,

New Heart English Bible
therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "Because you have set your heart as the heart of God,

Webster's Bible Translation
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thy heart as the heart of God;

World English Bible
“‘therefore the Lord Yahweh says: “Because you have set your heart as the heart of God,

Young's Literal Translation
Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because of thy giving out thy heart as the heart of God,

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Audio Bible



Context
Prophecy Against the King of Tyre
5By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, but your heart has grown proud because of it. 6Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you regard your heart as the heart of a god, 7behold, I will bring foreigners against you, the most ruthless of nations. They will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom and will defile your splendor.…

Cross References
Exodus 9:17
Still, you lord it over My people and do not allow them to go.

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.


Treasury of Scripture

Therefore thus said the Lord GOD; Because you have set your heart as the heart of God;

Because

Ezekiel 28:2
Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:

Exodus 9:17
As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?

Job 9:4
He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?

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Ezekiel 28
1. God's judgment upon the prince of Tyrus for his sacrilegious pride
11. A lamentation of his great glory corrupted by Sidon
20. The judgment of Zion
24. The restoration of Israel














(6) Set thine heart as the heart of God.--The same expression as in Ezekiel 28:2. (Comp. Obadiah 1:3, "The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee.") The meaning is plain: thou hast entertained thoughts and purposes fitting only to the Supreme.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Therefore
לָכֵ֕ן (lā·ḵên)
Adverb
Strong's 3651: So -- thus

this is what
כֹּ֥ה (kōh)
Adverb
Strong's 3541: Like this, thus, here, now

the Lord
אֲדֹנָ֣י (’ă·ḏō·nāy)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 136: The Lord

GOD
יְהוִ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3069: YHWH

says:
אָמַ֖ר (’ā·mar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

‘Because
יַ֛עַן (ya·‘an)
Adverb
Strong's 3282: Heed, purpose, to indicate the reason, cause

you regard
תִּתְּךָ֥ (tit·tə·ḵā)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

your heart
לְבָבְךָ֖ (lə·ḇā·ḇə·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 3824: Inner man, mind, will, heart

as the heart
כְּלֵ֥ב (kə·lêḇ)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

of a god,
אֱלֹהִֽים׃ (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative


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