Catholic Public Domain Version
"By the multitude of your wisdom, and by your business dealings, you have multiplied strength for yourself. And your heart has been exalted by your strength. "
— Ezekiel 28:5, Catholic Public Domain Version
“By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:”
“by thy great wisdom and by thy traffic hast thou increased thy riches, and thy heart is lifted up because of thy riches;— ”
“by your great wisdom [and] by your traffic you have increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches--”
“By your great skill in trade you have increased your wealth, and your heart is proud because of your wealth.”
“By the greatness of thy wisdom, and by thy traffic thou hast increased thy strength: and thy heart is lifted up with thy strength.”
“By your great wisdom and by your trade your power is increased, and your heart is lifted up because of your power:”
“By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:”
“Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre: Thus says the Lord God: Because your heart has been exalted, and you have said, ‘I am God, and I sit in the chair of God, in the heart of the sea,’ though you are a man, and not God, and because you have presented your heart as if it were the heart of God:
Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; no secret is concealed from you.
By your wisdom and prudence, you have made yourself strong, and you have acquired gold and silver for your storehouses.
By the multitude of your wisdom, and by your business dealings, you have multiplied strength for yourself. And your heart has been exalted by your strength.
Therefore, thus says the Lord God: Because your heart has been exalted as if it were the heart of God,
for this reason, behold, I will lead over you foreigners, the most robust among the Gentiles. And they will bare their swords over the beauty of your wisdom, and they will defile your beauty.
They will destroy you and pull you down. And you will die the death of those slain in the heart of the sea.